January 19, 2016 By Tara Jessup The Workers Unite Film Festival is previewing a powerful and important film dealing with the issues of #BlackLivesMatter and police violence against working people…
…a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage by 2021. On Monday, the governor talked about the raw deal working men and women in New York State have been getting for…
…wage now includes roughly 30,000 SUNY workers — even if they’ll have to wait until 2021 to get there. But CUNY workers are feeling left out in the cold right…
…rise to $15 an hour by 2019. Those outside Gotham would have to wait to 2021 to see the full increase. “The first installment is going to be a blessing…
…welcome, Francois dismisses the modest wage bump as an effort to appease the union that hasn’t worked. “It’s not slowing me down to seek more so that my members can…
…1, 2021 for the rest of New York State. “If you work full time, you shouldn’t have to live in poverty – plain and simple,” said Governor Cuomo. “Raising the…
…11 ultimately died. Now, the filmmakers behind an acclaimed new documentary chronicling that epic struggle say that the U.S. Labor Movement can learn a lot from Britain’s tragic history. “If…
…a teacher after she filed for unemployment insurance benefits. The company provides teachers to educate children on location at film, theater, television and other productions. Under the settlement, On Location…
…encountered Raymond Chandler’s essay “Down These Mean Streets” for the first time. Already a big fan of film noir and hard-boiled detective fiction, Hohlfeld had always considered the genre’s two-fisted,…
…claim that the studios are violating long-standing collective bargaining agreements by reusing film soundtrack clips in other films and television programs without appropriately compensating musicians. In the accompanying video, we…
