1199SEIU Hospital Workers Picket Columbia University
On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 hundreds of SEIU 1199 members, legislators, and the local community formed a picket line of several hundred in front of Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) to demand a fair contract from Columbia for medical staff. Joining the demonstrators included Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, NYC Councilmember Carmen De La…
A Guide to the World Trade Center Health Program and 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Exposure Zones
New York, NY – When the World Trade Center collapsed after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, ten million tons of building materials and 91,000 liters of jet fuel fell into Ground Zero, contaminating the air with toxic chemicals. These airborne toxins included asbestos, heavy metals from computer hardware, and pulverized glass and concrete. Many of…
Biden Administration OKs Final Rule for Multiemployer Pension Aid Impacting Millions of Workers
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has announced a final rule for a program intended to keep some 200 multiemployer pension funds solvent for the next 30 years and protect more than 2 million workers from having their retirement benefits reduced. The rule, announced by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation July 6, modifies the interim rule from…
Nursing Home Workers in NJ to Picket Today After Private Equity-Backed Group Axes Healthcare and Retirement Plans
Clark, NJ – Big money’s assault on essential nursing home workers continues across the Metropolitan Area this week, even as Covid-19 infection rates spike once more around the country. Nursing home staffers with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East who work at the former Clark Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Westfield Avenue, are planning to picket…
When Members Say, ‘The Union Does Nothing for Me’
Editor’s Note: The following comes courtesy of Ralph Palladino’s “Union Strong” pamphlet – click here to view it in its entirety. New York, NY – I am sure you have heard it all before: “The union don’t do nothing!” “The union never did anything for me!” “I don’t need the union, it is only for people who…
Stuck Nation Radio: Changing The World Where We Live
New York, NY – On this edition of Stuck Nation Radio we’re talking about New York City Parks and ongoing efforts to properly fund them. We’re also delving into the power low-income people actually have at the polls, as well as how the community can protect itself from yet another gas powered power plant being…
Anti-Abortion Republican Rep. Chris Smith Retains AFL-CIO Backing
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Insider NJ New Jersey – On paper, several weeks out from Labor Day, it appears that despite the great national tumult over the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe vs. Wade decision, longtime Republican Right-to Life leader Congressman Chris Smith, is likely to survive the earnest challenge from…
Anti-Abortion Republican Rep. Chris Smith Retains AFL-CIO Backing
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Insider NJ New Jersey – On paper, several weeks out from Labor Day, it appears that despite the great national tumult over the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe vs. Wade decision, longtime Republican Right-to Life leader Congressman Chris Smith, is likely to survive the earnest challenge from…
NYC’s Largest Building Trades Union Looks to Build on Successful Assembly Endorsements to Secure More Pro-Worker Policies
New York, NY – The New York City District Council of Carpenters is looking forward to next month’s political races after all but one of the dozen candidates the union sees as essential for helping to realize a pro-union, pro-responsible development agenda in the New York State Assembly won their primary races. The 20,000-member-strong union of…
Employee Suspended After Criticizing Archbishop’s Celebration of Roe v. Wade Reversal
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A dietitian at senior centers run by the Archdiocese of New York was suspended indefinitely after she posted on social media denouncing Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s celebration of the Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade. “I am ashamed to be employed by and disappointed in @archcare and @NY_Arch, a company that devalues…