…the last five years, 32BJ has organized 2,614 new workers into its New York Metro Residential division, and begun to help them to fight for their union rights. Staff said…
The UAW, in a news release on Feb. 21, said it plans to spend $40 million on organizing workers in non-union auto plants and battery facilities. They also emphasized that…
…critical guardrails against the misuse of AI, gained meaningful wage increases and other important gains.” Read the full story by Cynthia Littleton for Variety, published February 23, 2024, here: https://variety.com/2024/music/news/american-federation-of-musicians-amptp-contract-tentative-deal-1235920912/…
…change. TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis called the assaults, “a new form of terrorism against public servants.” Read the full story by Ben Brachfeld for amNY, published here: https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-station-agent-recounts-assault-on-subway-platform-as-union-blasts-new-form-of-terrorism-against-transit-workers/…
The Orwellian newspeak of the law still active in 26 states, termed “Right-to-Work”, has been upended by the insertion of the words “for-less”, by pro-Labor activists. Now, in a major…
…and knocked on almost 10,000 doors in Queens, NY, alone. 86 different NYC CLC local union affiliates participated. Read the full story by AFL-CIO NYC CLC News, published here: https://www.nycclc.org/press-release/2024-02/union-members-get-out-vote-queens-elect-labor%E2%80%99s-candidate-tom-suozzi…
…responder protocol, and, three months from the date, the creation of OSHA. Read the full story by Zach Dennis and Nancy Guan for the Savannah Morning News, published here: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/local/2024/02/05/residents-of-woodbine-georgia-remember-thiokol-explosion-53-years-later/72472010007/…
…among other policies. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said, “The greed and abuse from Molson Coors must end now.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published here: https://teamster.org/2024/02/teamsters-strike-molson-coors/…
…Gross Domestic Product. The trains carry five times more passengers than all flights between Washington and New York. Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor also emit up to 83% less…
…airline CEOs’ astronomical compensation and corporate greed are a major part of the equation. Read the full story by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World, published February 14, 2024, here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/flight-attendants-forced-into-one-day-nationwide-strike/…
