New York, NY – “Scabby The Rat” will not be silenced! For the second time in as many months, a federal judge has upheld Construction & General Building Laborers Local 79’s First Amendment right to use the inflatable cartoon character in an ongoing labor dispute on Staten Island. For months, Local 79 has been employing…
New York, NY – A diverse coalition of New Yorkers rallied on the steps of City Hall, late last week, alongside members of the City Council in advance of same-day testimony at a City Council hearing on legislation to reform the private carting industry. The Thursday rally included sanitation workers and environmental justice, safe streets,…
New York, NY – Well over 200 apprentices of the New York City District Council of Carpenters traded in their boots and tool belts for suits, evening gowns and dress shoes to celebrate their graduation at the Edison Ballroom last week. Kareem Garcia, an immigrant from Trinidad that resides in Brooklyn started his journey at…
ALBANY, N.Y.—Farmworkers in New York State will get basic labor rights they’ve been denied since the 1930s, under a bill the Legislature passed earlier this month on June 19. The Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, passed 94-54 in the Assembly and 40-22 in the state Senate, will give the state’s estimated 80,000 to 100,000 farm…
New York, NY – Members of District Council 16 of the Cement and Concrete Workers and allied supporters briefly shutdown midtown traffic this week, in an ongoing protest against so-called “open shop” development. Angry trade unionists fed up with the race to the bottom that so-called “open shop” development creates — broke off their noisy…
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has proposed investment in teachers and the City’s public school system to combat persistently high teacher turnover rates that set back the City’s most vulnerable students. In the new report, “Teacher Residencies: Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers and Students,” Comptroller Stringer calls on the City Department of…
“Drivers across this industry are in the worst crisis in generations, barely surviving, and an agency with mismanaged funds now wants to steal the food off their tables. This fee — on top of a devastating $2.50 congestion surcharge in Manhattan and after a 36% drop in revenue for yellow cab drivers — appears manufactured…
NEW YORK, NY – George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement on the signing of the “Green Light” law, which will reopen access to driver’s licenses to all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status. Joint Council 16 represents 120,000 workers in and around New York City. “The New York Teamsters…
New York, NY – Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) held its Annual Equity Leadership Awards Luncheon at the New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, June 20. Honorees included Jay Badame, AECOM Tishman, Laura Vulaj, SL Green Realty Corp., Lenny Legotte, International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local One, and Mellissa Brotherson, Plumbers Local Union…
Employees at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are demanding better conditions at the art institution and are close to negotiating as to whether they want to join IUOE Local 30, which is a union that represents art employees in other museums. “The vote is scheduled for Thursday,” said Director of Special Projects Andres Puerta of…
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