46 th Annual Labor & Management Conference To Be Held February 16-21
New York, NY — The 46 th Annual Labor & Management Conference is a forum that addresses crucial issues of concern to Labor and Management. With stand-out speakers, and timely topics, it has become something to look forward to. LaborPress was able to find out more from Barbara McCabe, manager and director of the NLMC.…
Push Back at Council Hearing on City Switching Retirees to Medicare Advantage
On January 9, 2023 the New York City council held a hearing to discuss the proposed changes to the Administrative Code 12-126 that will impact on almost three-hundred thousand retirees, Intro 0874. At this hearing, city retirees expressed their disagreement with New York City switching retirees from Senior Care to Medicare Advantage. NYC is claiming…
SAG-AFTRA Puts New Protections in Place for Members’ Self-Taping Auditions
SAG-AFTRA has come to the aid of members’ grievances regarding the practice of self-taping auditions for low-budget productions. The union had distributed a survey to members regarding the practice, and conducted extended research. 9,300 members responded to the survey. Issues included having to provide their own recording equipment, an excessive number of script pages, and…
UAW Wins Big in Ohio
By a 710-to-16 margin, workers at Ultium Cells LLC Auto Electronic Battery Plant in Warren, Ohio voted to unionize with United Auto Workers Region 2B. General Motors and the Korean multi-national giant LG Energy Solutions are partners at the plant. “Region 2B has stood with Ultium workers since the moment they said they wanted to…
“SOS”: Save Our Supermarket Campaign Fights to Save Neighborhood Store
New York, NY – On Tuesday, December 13, a rally and press conference was held in front ofthe Morton Williams supermarket at La Guardia Place and Bleecker to present petitions withthousands of signatures, calling on the City and NYU to work with the community to keep thegrocery store at its current location.During the rezoning process…
“THIS IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK”
Musicians of DCINY turn up the heat on their campaign for a fair contract “NO CONTRACT, NO PEACE!” That was the battle cry of the orchestra of Distinguished Concerts International NewYork as they rallied for a fair contract across from Lincoln Center on Sunday. They were joined by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine along with…
American Rescue Plan Protecting Union Pensions
New York, NY – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has announced that New York Teamsters will receive a pension-fix payout from the American Rescue Plan — at over $960 million for more than 33,000 union beneficiaries and their families across New York. “Teamsters and their families who rely on these plans could have lost…
How EmblemHealth Is Changing With The Healthcare Industry
The coronavirus has changed the health industry over the past few years and as a new year approaches, EmblemHealth, one of America’s largest not-for-profit health insurers, is ready to meet the challenges ahead of 2023, according to the company’s CEO, Karen Ignagni. “As we know, the past two years in the healthcare industry have presented…
Musicians Win Union Contract for “Fiddler On The Roof In Yiddish”
New York, NY — The press has raved about the show “Fiddler On The Roof In Yiddish”. “Strikes a deep emotional chord,” wrote the New York Times. “Wonderfully Vibrant…A Mitzvah,” from TimeOut. “No other Fiddler moved me as much as this one,” said the New York Post. “Audiences are hailing it as the most powerful…
Willets Point: The Future Of New York City
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 Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The housing complex is a part of a larger development project that also includes the city’s first major soccer…