For the first time in 40 years, a fully affordable apartment complex will be 100 percent union built on Willets Point, announced Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday at the Queens…
Workers at the Starbucks Roastery in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue are in the third week of a strike. Unsanitary working conditions, including bedbugs and mold, are at issue. Management claims…
…and job protections against Kaiser’s subcontracting and outsourcing plans. For the full story by the California Nurses Association, posted on November 10, 2022, go here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/northern-california-kaiser-rns-to-hold-one-of-the-largest-private-sector-nurses-strikes-ever Photo Cred: National Nurse…
Baristas who have taken the bold step of unionizing at Starbucks in different parts of the country have paid a steep price. Naomi Martinez, Michelle Eisen, Tori Tambellini, and Nabretta…
…about working people. “Our work remains relevant, accessible, and affordable to all,” he said. He spoke about Carbonell-Monarque’s beginnings as an intern at the Theater, and her rise at the…
…knocking on doors to keep their hopes alive. Read the full story reported by Joan E. Greve in the Guardian on October 29, 2022, at: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/29/unite-here-voter-drive-democrats-us-midterms-arizona-nevada-pennsylvania Photo Cred: The Guardian…
If Republicans gain control of both houses of Congress they are promising to bring about drastic change. These changes would vastly curtail peoples’ freedoms and devastate them financially, except for…
…running and served as beacons to guide us through unprecedented challenges. They are: · Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association President Harry Nespoli · American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District…
…organizing, education, and engagement to establish an even stronger united front to secure a fair contract next year and face other challenges ahead. Tony Utano, President of TWU Local 100…
…architects, school crossing guards, park rangers and bookkeepers, 311 and 911 operators and dispatchers, FDNY EMS Officers and Paramedics, environmental ecologists, hospital aides, laborers and library assistants, COVID tracers, caseworkers,…
