…years, as almost 2,400 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Service Employees International Union walked out after negotiations broke down. The workers have gone five years without a…
…Lisa Lopez of Tampa, who appeared in an OUR Walmart video posted on YouTube in May, lost her job June 21, officially for bringing a company rulebook into the deli…
July 27, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Citing her work to enact sick-pay and prevailing-wage legislation, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union has endorsed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn…
…for “outstanding achievement” on June 13, 2013. The six were James Claffey, president of International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 1; Robert Croghan and Sheila Gorsky, chairperson and…
…for economic losses with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Watch Video At a press conference in front of 7 World Trade Center on Monday, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)…
…to abandon the property and community in favor of selling and leasing the space for luxury apartments and retail. Watch Video Numerous CWA locals from the area and throughout the…
…the fall of 2011 over wage and hour rules being violated by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), triggering an extensive investigation. “When we began our statewide organizing campaign, we…
…of New York City double the number of charter schools from the current 159 charters. Watch Video Speaking at an event organized by the Association for a Better New York…
…the endorsement of the 30,000-member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 3, but organized labor doesn’t appear to be coalescing around a single candidate. “There are some unions looking…
…to become Manhattan’s next borough president – and the organization’s current president can’t imagine other labor group’s not following suit (Watch Video). “The political process is that each union has to…
