Under Pressure From Worker Advocates, Cuomo Signs NY HERO Act Into Law
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the NY HERO Act into law on May 5, just weeks before the state is set to more fully emerge out
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the NY HERO Act into law on May 5, just weeks before the state is set to more fully emerge out
ALBANY, N.Y.—After more than 20 years of pressure from health-care workers, the state Legislature on May 4 overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills intended to ensure adequate staffing in hospitals
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Well over 100 people rallied in front of Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s Manhattan offices on Saturday, May 1, part of a week of more than 700 events
New York, NY – COVID forced the shutdown of Broadway theaters on March 12, 2020. They’ve been shuttered ever since. Now, however, the Broadway League, an association of theatre owners,
New York, NY –There hasn’t been a live performance at the Metropolitan Opera House since March 12, of 2020 when the Met ordered all backstage workers to vacate the building. The
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo, once celebrated by corporate-owned media outlets for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, is letting Workers Memorial Week slip away without enacting legislation
New York, NY – Labor leaders, workers, and elected officials gathered on Wednesday, April 28, across the street from Elmhurst Hospital in Queens — once the “epicenter of the epicenter” during
GAMBIER, Ohio—At least 140 student workers at Kenyon College in Ohio joined a walkout on Apr. 27, the second day of what the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee (K-SWOC/UE) union
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement we received from UMEC owner John Catsimatidis after the original article was published April 28. NEW YORK, N.Y.—After more
DETROIT, Mich.—A coalition of working mothers and restaurant workers are mounting a campaign to get Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to reverse the Republican legislators’ scheme that gutted ballot initiatives