Kicking Off Labor Rights Week, Comptroller Stringer Announces $2 Million in Stolen Prevailing Wages Returned to Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
New Partnership to Track COVID-19 Job Losses, Assist Officials in Supporting Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 20,000 New Yorkers, sickened many more, and triggered the worst economic recession since the 1930s. The societal shutdown …
Media Workers Demand #JustCauseNoExceptions in Coordinated Day of Action to Protect Essential Worker Protection
Yesterday, members of The NewsGuild of New York, representing over 3,000 media professionals in New York City, united on social media against media companies …
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 …
Out Of Work? How To Navigate Unemployment Benefits In The Coronavirus Crisis
More than 16 million Americans have suddenly found themselves …
‘I’m very, very worried’: Laid-off workers struggle with no social safety net
By Maeve Reston, CNN
Los Angeles (CNN) – For more than a year on the campaign trail, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential contenders spoke
Senate Majority Steps Up For Workers Impacted By The Coronavirus Pandemic
(Albany, NY) – The Senate Democratic Majority today passed legislation to ensure employees in New York State will be able to access paid leave
AFL-CIO: Tell your representative to stand up for workers
Right now, Congress has a critical opportunity to strengthen workers’ rights.
Lawmakers, in 2019, introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. …
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 …
On The Two-Year Anniversary Of The Fair Workweek Law, de Blasio Administration Announces Settlement With McDonald’s Franchise For Violations of Workers’ Rights
New York, N.Y. – Oct 27, 2019: Two-story McDonald’s on Broadway near Times Square. The world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 …