The United Farm Workers (UFW) has found the beginnings of a new success in organizing farm workers in New York. After years of plummeting membership, there are the beginnings of…
Over 600 concession workers at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, a concert and sports arena, have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, Levy. UNITE HERE Local 100, the workers’ union, had…
…Teamsters Sean O’Brien said it was, “the best contract in the history of UPS.” Read the full story by Luis Feliz Leon for American Prospect, published July 25, 2023, here:https://prospect.org/labor/2023-07-25-teamsters-historic-contract-ups/…
…made millions as a consultant for companies engaged in the now standard forms of union-busting – one-on-one forced meetings, lying to workers trying to organize about how a union would…
…members’ salaries will rise by a range of 17.58% to 20.42%, among other wins. Read the full story by Michael Gannon for the Queens Chronicle, published July 13, 2023, here:https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/uft-ratifies-five-year-contract/article_0059a38e-4c62-522c-b4d9-dbacead45282.html…
…pay increases and “the first of its kind retirement fund for child care providers in this country.” Read the full story by AFSCME News, published July 14, 2023, here: https://www.afscme.org/blog/child-care-providers-win-largest-pay-hike-in-california-history…
…and internationally, O’Brien says. Pay for part-timers is a sticking point. Read the full story by Isabel Rosales, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Raja Razek for CNN, published July 22, 2023, here:https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/22/business/teamsters-president/index.html…
…“I am shocked by the way people we have been in business with are treating us.” Read the full story by Emma Spector for Vogue, published July 18, 2023, here:https://www.vogue.com/article/all-hail-fran-drescher-poster-girl-for-hot-strike-summer…
…“By saying they will not intervene, these officials are doing right by American workers and the labor movement.” Read the full story by Teamster News, published July 19, 2023, here:https://teamster.org/2023/07/congressional-support-growing-for-340000-ups-teamsters/…
…NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees held a press conference July 12 recommitting to its legislative strategy in support of a City Council bill introduced by Councilman Charles Barron that…
