NYCTA 9/11 Workers Still Wait for Disability Payments
…site and became ill received them, while these essential workers have had to continue to contend with promises from politicians that have gone nowhere for years. These are very serious…
…site and became ill received them, while these essential workers have had to continue to contend with promises from politicians that have gone nowhere for years. These are very serious…
…did the right thing by workers for “holding these companies accountable under these laws.” Read the full story by Crystal Lewis for The Chief-Leader, published May 15, 2024, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/retail-workers-to-get-25-million-for-labor-violations,52417…
…at the site really uncomfortable ever since we won recognition with the union,” Morris said in a statement. In spite of the leafleting, the workers’ demands that management sit down…
…that NYCT “forces pregnant bus operators to choose between protecting a healthy pregnancy and earning a paycheck.” Read the full story by Crystal Lewis for The Chief-Leader, published here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/pregnant-bus-operators-demand-accommodations-from-mta,52362…
…the Letter Carriers Protection Act is the first and foremost way to address this. Read the full story by Press Associates for People’s World, published May 7, 2024, here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/union-makes-letter-carriers-protection-act-a-top-legislative-priority/…
…Minimum Standards Council Act, sponsored by Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Harry Bronson. Read the full story by Sahalie Donaldson for City & State New York, published here: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/04/report-nail-salon-technicians-have-higher-rate-reproductive-health-issues/396169/…
…were non-union workers who are disproportionately injured and killed at construction sites. Labor leaders have long pointed out that lower training and safety standards for at non-union sites put these…
…and asked her to lead the site as interim foreman. “This experience showed me that my foreman and contractor were confident in my skills and recognized my ability to keep…
…mining industry that a failure to maintain safe conditions for all employees may result in criminal prosecution.” Read the full story by U.S. Department of Labor News, published here: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol2024041…
…case. The NLRB asks for these injunctions when it believes unfair labor practices have occurred. Read the full story by Andrea Hsu for NPR, published April 23, 2024, here: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1226955737/starbucks-supreme-court-union-organizing-labor-injunctions-nlrb…