Last year, 1,500 part-time professors at The New School went on strike for a month, looking to have issues such as obtaining an adequate health-care plan addressed. Now, 900 student…
…negotiations, and now UAW President Shawn Fain is urging members to approve a strike authorization. Locals are directed to begin voting immediately and submit results by Aug. 24. The current…
…leading to the workers’ demands for the benefits a union will bring them. Read the full story by Writers Guild of America East News, published August 8, 2023, here: https://www.wgaeast.org/workers-at-story-syndicate-successfully-unionize/…
…$600 million annually, especially critical at a time when we are already facing significant fiscal and economic challenges,” said a City Hall spokesperson. Pizzitola and the retiree organization fighting the…
…Accenture, are being ordered to train their replacements, located in India and the Philipines. Read the full story by Press Associates for People’s World, published August 9, 2023, here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/google-subcontractor-fires-66-of-staff-for-unionizing/…
…apprentice electricians as well as educational and cultural programs for union members will be on offer. Read the full story by Rebecca Baird-Remba for the Commercial Observer, published July 27,…
…workers in the nation. The change took over 15 years of a relentless fight by their union. Read the full story by AFGE News, published July 31, 2023, here: https://www.afge.org/article/tsa-officers-celebrate-first-paycheck-with-31-raise–largest-in-tsa-history/…
…overtime. The rank and file will vote on ratification between Aug. 3 and Aug. 22. Read the full story by Ananta Agarwal for Reuters, published Monday, July 31, here: https://www.reuters.com/business/teamsters-local-unions-endorse-agreement-with-delivery-giant-ups-2023-07-31/…
…Idol winner and was nominated for a Tony Award for his engrossing portrayal of Alan Freed. Rodrick Covington, who was a Tony Award winner and a Grammy award nominated performer,…
…a turn-around. 500 farmworkers at five farms have now been unionized. Most of the workers are from Jamaica or Mexico and work seasonally, and have been enduring harsh conditions while…
