New York Workers Sick With COVID-19 Deserve Workers’ Compensation!
New York State is the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, and public officials, government employees, unions, workers’ centers, and community organizations are doing everything …
Public Opinion About Paid Family and Medical Leave
Introduction
Our nation can and should be a place where everyone enjoys full and equal opportunity. We are strongest when we all have a …
Workers to Amazon: ‘We are not robots!’
The e-commerce giant Amazon is worth a trillion dollars. But the megacorporation is not into sharing–least of all with the Amazon workers whose labor produces all this profit. No U.S. Amazon facility is unionized.
By By Joyce Chediac (Liberation)
Amazon workers are subjected to dangerous, exhausting and stressful conditions. This includes mandatory 70-hour work weeks, and …
1199 SEIU Marks 60th Anniversary; Solidarity Was Key in Historic 1959 Victory
Before 1199: Hospitals were exempt from labor laws because they were considered charitable organizations. And the great majority of unions were reluctant to organize poverty-wage workers, most of whom were women of color.
By 1199 Magazine | March / April 2019
This year marks the 60th anniversary of 1199’s emergence as New York’s major healthcare union. The …
Why Court Awarded 20 Million Won in Compensation to Air Korea Flight Attendant
Many of South Korea's biggest businesses -- including Korean Air, Samsung and Hyundai -- are family-run conglomerates known as "chaebol" inside the country.
By Sophie Jeong and Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) – Korean Air has been ordered to pay 20 million South Korean won …
What is an Article 78 Proceeding? How can I use it in Court?
According to New York State Courts, there are three parts to Article 78 Proceedings: the Certiorari, Mandamus and Prohibition.
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, August 02, 2018 – Under New York State court jurisdictions, Article 78 Proceeding allows residents to appeal a decision of …
New York City teachers to get 6 weeks of paid parental leave
The contract covers about 120,000 workers. They include 79,000 teachers, plus United Federation of Teachers-represented school nurses, therapists, guidance counselors, secretaries and others.
BY NY1
…New York City will provide six weeks of parental leave at full salary for hundreds of thousands of city public school employees,
Worker’s Compensation
Workers compensation is an insurance or wage replacement offered to employees injured on the job. Under New York State law, worker’s compensation covers employees working in for-profit businesses and excludes most independent contractors. Independent contractors are self-employed workers and not employees.
BROOKLYN (Workers World Today) – More than a century ago, pirates were some of the world’s first advocates for worker’s compensation. Known for their …