…York City and has sought to correct a decades-long inequity by passing a law to lower New York City class sizes, City Hall is undermining that work by reducing support…
…compensation for those who choose to have their images used in those ways. Read the full story by Carly Thomas for the Hollywood Reporter, published November 11, 2023, here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/justine-bateman-slams-sag-aftra-tentative-deal-ai-provisions-1235644976/…
…bring fertility benefits to approximately 350,000 new members. Union women need better care at critical milestones Women’s health is another issue that unions are tackling as we head into 2024….
…pay increase. Other wins include most minimums increasing by 7%, a streaming participation bonus, pension increases and health contributions. Read the full story by Gene Maddaus for Variety, here: https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-tentative-deal-historic-strike-1235771894/amp/…
…front-of-house workers, and ratification bonuses are $3k for full-timers, and $500 for part-time staff, among other wins. Read the full story by Artforum News, published November 8, 2023, here: https://www.artforum.com/news/unionized-brooklyn-museum-staff-ratify-inaugural-contract-543220/…
New York Helmets to Hardhats celebrated 20 years of support for veterans transitioning to the construction trades on board the USS Intrepid Museum docked on the West Side of Manhattan….
…them changes to employment terms without notice or bargaining, and giving union work to non-union and temporary staff and contractors. Read the full story by UAW News, published, here: https://uaw.org/brooklyn-museum-union-sets-november-8-strike-deadline/…
Uber and Lyft have agreed to pay a combined amount of $328 million for sneakily withholding wages from their drivers. New York Attorney General Letitia James said it was the…
LaborPress has been documenting many of the shameful assaults on NYC transit workers over the years, and now comes the unwelcome news that the number of incidents has risen dramatically….
City lawmakers want to raise wages for non-union construction workers, as well as increasing home-building projects. The extremely low wages of such workers, some who make only $15/hr for back-breaking…
