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Features, New York, Transportation
NYC Cabbies Call Congestion Pricing Crushing Threat
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Chanting “No more tax on drivers’ backs,” more than 100 taxi drivers protested outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan offices Dec. 19, in a last-ditch attempt to stop a congestion-pricing surcharge the state will levy on all taxi trips in Manhattan below 96th Street beginning Jan. 1.
Building Trades, Features, Law and Politics, New York
LP Reporter’s Notebook: Yellow Vests And Blue Collars
New York, NY – On Saturday, November 24, I was on Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue in Paris, France amidst burning blockades, acrid smoke and increasingly ominous explosions as the second week of that country’s “Yellow Vest” protests against rising fuel prices and other assaults on the working class gripped the nation…
Building Trades, Features, Law and Politics, New York
‘Tis The Season To Press The Fight Against Broken Shop Development
New York, NY – Despite some frigid temps on Tuesday, December 18, hundreds of trade unionists supporting the Building Trades’ #CountMeIn campaign returned to the offices of Related Companies’ developer CEO Stephen Ross at 10 Columbus Circle, to continue opposition to the use of nonunion labor, or so-called “open shop development” at Hudson Yards. And,…
Features, Law and Politics, New York, Transportation
Overnight Teamsters Strike Preserves Pensions At Trash Hauler
NEW YORK, N.Y.—An overnight strike by Teamsters Local 813 members at a Newark-based private trash collector Dec. 9-10 quickly persuaded the company to abandon its plans to pull out of the union’s multiemployer pension find.
Building Trades, Features, Law and Politics, Municipal Government, New York, Retail
RWDSU Prez: Don’t Call Yourself Pro-Union If You Turn A Blind Eye To Amazon
New York, NY – Online retail giant Amazon.com has a notorious record of “mistreating and dehumanizing workers” in some 16 countries around the globe — and if you turn a blind eye to it, you should forget about calling yourself “pro-labor.”
Building Trades, Features, Law and Politics, New York, Retail
Robots Treated Better Than Amazon’s Workers On Staten Island
New York, NY – Confronted with a workplace environment more hospitable to beeping robots than warm-blooded human beings — employees at Amazon’s “fulfillment center” on Staten Island on Wednesday took to the steps of City Hall to sound the alarm about working conditions that also invoke fears of a latter-day Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire waiting…
Education, Features, Law and Politics, New York
PSC-CUNY Mounts Blockade; 17 Arrested In Demo For Fair Contract, Funding
New York, NY – Leaders of PSC-CUNY, [Professional Staff Congress] led a rally and blockade on Monday, December 10, outside Baruch College in Manhattan, demanding a fair contract and sufficient funding. During a meeting of the CUNY Board of Trustees, hundreds of CUNY faculty and staff chanted, “CUNY Trustees, do your job! Demand the funding CUNY…
Education, Features, Law and Politics, New York, Retail
JLC Head: ‘No Place In The U.S. For Anti-Semitism, Racism And Islamophobia’
New York, NY – The Jewish Labor Committee recently held its 47th Human Rights Awards Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Building Trades, Features, Law and Politics, New York, Retail
Force A Strike, Decertify The Union – Charter/Spectrum’s Plan All Along, IBEW Local 3 Head says
New York, NY – Force roughly 1,8000 workers into a punishing 20-month strike — and then force the decertification of their union. That was telecom giant Charter/Spectrum’s plan all along, according to the head of IBEW Local 3.
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