A Year After the Fanfare, We Need to Do Better By Our Nurses
New York, NY – Being a nurse is a calling and we love what we do. However, the work is challenging, especially now as we are still in the throes of COVID after nearly two years. Coming out of years of pandemic hardship, New York spent the bulk of 2021 hosting several parades, celebratory events,…
Three Construction Projects Move AFL-CIO HIT Closer to $2 Billion Midwest Goal
New York, NY – The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust [HIT] is closing in on its $2 billion multiyear investment goal in the Midwest with three major construction projects the organization hopes will spur economic development and create good union jobs across the region. “After weathering COVID, the manufacturing and construction sectors are now contending with…
Workers’ Memorial Day: ‘Remember the Dead and Protect Everybody’
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Francisco Villalba, 29, deliverista. Aidan Shaw, 37, Con Ed gas inspector. Fire Lieutenant Joseph Maiello, 53. Salah Uddin Bablu, 51, deliverista. Police Officer Jason Rivera, 22. Those were some of the names intoned Apr. 28 at the Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration on Broadway near City Hall, with a red or white carnation…
NYC Union Carpenters, Comptroller Blast Tax Fraud in the Construction Industry
New York, NY – The New York City District Council of Carpenters rallied against tax fraud as part of the annual National Tax Fraud Days of Action spearheaded by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Joined by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, union carpenters stood up for workers’ rights by demanding accountability from…
Leadership Conference Workers United Joins OPEIU Local 2
New York, NY – On Thursday, April 14, the Office and Professional Employees International Union [OPEIU] announced that a supermajority of more than 75-percent of eligible staff of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund have joined together to form Leadership Conference Workers United (LCWU), and have requested…
Graduate Student Workers at Fordham University Begin Voting in Union Election
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 350 graduate-student workers at Fordham University will vote this week on being represented by the Fordham Graduate Student Workers union. The vote will take place Tuesday, Apr. 5 at the university’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan and Thursday, Apr. 7 at its main campus in the Bronx. It took only two…
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