City Council passes resolution providing immigration relief to families of frontline workers lost during COVID-19 pandemic
New York American nurses and doctors, frontline workers expressing gratitude.…
New York Eviction Moratorium Pause Ended. Here’s What to Do Now
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY When the state Legislature passed the…
How to Go From President to Prisoner
French President in a press conference during G8 – Deauville,…
This Other Vaccine Could Already Be Protecting You From COVID, Study Says
By Kari Coleman, Best Life Online The coronavirus vaccine is being distributed across…
Biden: Undocumented immigrants should get vaccine without ICE targeting them
By Jordan Williams, The Hill President Biden said Friday that undocumented…
A Candid Discussion with First Lady McCray and Dr. Easterling on COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Victoria Falk New York City’s First Lady, Chirlane McCray, and…
Take Action: Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act!
Write your members of Congress and tell them to pass the PRO Act now! The House of Representatives passed the Protecting the…
Amazon Workers’ Fight To Unionize Draws Help From Around The World
Roughly a hundred organizers have been calling workers from Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse in recent weeks, making the case for why they…
In Memoriam: Mark Plesent (1960-2021), Co-Director of the Working Theatre
The labor and arts communities of New York mourn the loss of Mark Plesent, co-artistic director of the Working Theater. Since…
AFM Local 802 Roundup
This week at AFM Local 802, the union celebrates that the first New York “pop-up” concerts with Jon Batiste and Stay…
Climate Jobs NY Update: A Long Island Climate Change & Offshore Wind Training is Coming to a Local Near You!
CJNY’s Education Fund hosted its first 2021 Long Island Climate Change and Offshore Wind Training in coordination with Cornell’s Worker Institute. We…
Actors’ Equity Association Asks New York State to Update COBRA Subsidies
Actors’ Equity Association, representing actors and stage managers in live theatre, is still seeing record levels of unemployment as theatre remains…
New York Hotel Workers Seek COVID-19 Vaccine
The hotel industry is urging NY State to designate its staffers as crucial front-line workers so they can be vaccinated against…
GWC-UAW Local 2110 Members Rally and Announce Strike Deadline
Yesterday, Graduate Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2110 held in-person and virtual rallies to mark two years of bargaining for a contract, saying that…
MET Orchestra Musicians Support Colleagues in Need with Streaming Concert; Local 802 Celebrates Black History Month by Honoring Percussionist Elayne Jones
Almost a year ago, the Metropolitan Opera House went dark. Overnight, New York City lost its heart and soul — the…
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Diversity in Labor Scholarships
US Senator Chuck Schumer poses with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, The Murphy Institute, during the 2019 NYC-CLC…
NYC CLC Ranked Choice Voting Webinar Available Now!
NYC’s first foray into the new Ranked Choice Voting process happened this week with the special election in City Council District…
Climate Jobs NY Update: Further Moves on Climate and Jobs from the Biden Administration
The Biden administration has tapped New York’s Amanda Lefton to serve as the new Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy…
Amazon to Pay Gig Workers $61.7 Million for Stealing Tips; RWDSU Responds to Bezos Transition Announcement
Amazon has agreed to pay $61.7 million to settle allegations that it stole its Amazon Flex drivers tips over a two-and-a-half…
Take Action: Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act!
“We The People” march hosted by AFL-CIO in downtown Portland, OR. – February 20, 2020 (Shutterstock) Write your members of Congress and…
In Memoriam: AFL-CIO President-Emeritus John Sweeney (1934-2021)
“All of NYC Labor mourns the loss of former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney,” said NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez. “President Sweeney…
Climate Jobs NY Update: CJNY Celebrates Wednesday’s Historic “Climate Day” Executive Orders
Before President Biden signed this week’s climate actions, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry…
Local 802 Campaigns to Save Multi-Employer Pension System
Local 802 is helping to organize a national campaign with all fellow AFM locals around the country to save the multi-employer…
CUNY Faculty & Students Call on Chancellor to Use New Federal Stimulus Funds to Keep Classes Open, Demand Moratorium on Bursar’s Holds for Student Debt
More than 550 faculty, staff, students and union leaders were joined on Tuesday by NYC Council Higher Education Chair Inez Barron…
Actors’ and Stage Managers’ Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines
Joining its sibling union IATSE, Actors’ Equity Association announced its commitment to providing resources from a shuttered theatre industry towards vaccinating…
NY Times: Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place
Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, will vote next month on whether to unionize. The largest, most viable effort to…
City Council passes resolution providing immigration relief to families of frontline workers lost during COVID-19 pandemic
New York American nurses and doctors, frontline workers expressing gratitude.…
New York Eviction Moratorium Pause Ended. Here’s What to Do Now
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY When the state Legislature passed the…
How to Go From President to Prisoner
French President in a press conference during G8 – Deauville,…
This Other Vaccine Could Already Be Protecting You From COVID, Study Says
By Kari Coleman, Best Life Online The coronavirus vaccine is being distributed across…
Biden: Undocumented immigrants should get vaccine without ICE targeting them
By Jordan Williams, The Hill President Biden said Friday that undocumented…
