Across New York City, UPS workers are increasingly showing that they are ready for a potential strike at the end of the month. After the Teamsters and UPS broke off…
…Cummings Jr. as president and Ameenah Salaam as Secretary-Treasurer. Cummings is the first Black man elected as CWA President. Salaam is the first Black woman to serve as Secretary-Treasurer. Cummings…
…Haruka Iwasaki hailed the move saying, “I feel a sense of unity in the store.” Read the full story by Emell Adolphus for Publishers Weekly, published June 30, 2023, here:https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/92685-barnes-noble-workers-at-main-brooklyn-store-join-union.html…
…ire of AFSCME Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay, who represents EMS crews. Although in the coming weeks the app workers will receive a huge hike, by April 2025 they will…
The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has made an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to hold off on…
…worker wages and benefits through the Federal Aviation Authority budget. Later this year Congress is slated to vote on the FAA budget re-authorization bill, which governs the agency’s funding and…
…week, UPS returned an appalling counterproposal to the union’s financial package, offering miniscule raises and wage cuts to traditional cost-of-living adjustments. “The largest single-employer strike in American history now appears…
…and stools for sitting, time off for medical appointments, and leave for pregnancy related medical issues. Read the full story by Emily Peck for Axios, published June 22, 2023, here:https://www.axios.com/2023/06/22/pregnant-workers-fairness-act-2023-explain…
The Teamsters are in the midst of holding a vote to authorize a strike against UPS. Over 330,000 members can weigh in. The current contract expires August 1, and if…
…corporation had removed LGBTQ+ Pride decorations and flags at a number of stores. Workers posted on social media about the same practices. Starbucks’ Seattle Roastery is leading the strike, which…
