The Working Theater is giving a stage to the front lines of the labor movement
With Broadway ticket prices at all-time highs, the mission of the Working Theater, the labor-focused theater company and arts education program, has never been more vital. The theater company, based in Midtown, fuses community programming to uplift and inspire union members with cutting-edge productions that offer tickets at a sliding-scale of affordability. Its deep connection…
A Budget That Works For Working New Yorkers -Thank You Gov. Hochul
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, longtime public champion of the unionized workforce, has once again passed a pro-worker, labor-friendly budget for fiscal year 2025. By expanding labor protections within the clean energy sector, implementing a statewide Project Labor Agreement for SUNY projects, prioritizing clean water infrastructure, allocating funding for wraparound services for those seeking…
UAW President Calls Out the Real “Lazy” Workers
At a Senate Labor Committee hearing, UAW President Shawn Fain, fresh from his union’s recent contract wins in Detroit, spoke truth to power when he pointed the finger at who are the true “lazy” workers: the corporate class. It is common among right-wingers to spread the misinformation that those on the bottom are lazy and…
Making America Great
Today, it’s difficult to imagine ten-year-old children working sixteen hours a day in dangerous conditions such as mines or textile mills with limited regulations, but in the nineteenth century, this was expected. Since colonial times, children were expected to work from very young ages, either for their families or for an outside employer. This meant…
Bechtel Partners With AFSP To Save Lives
Bechtel Corp, a provider of engineering, construction, and project management services, has committed $7 million dollars to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates of any profession in the U.S. Suicides in the industry are five times higher than lives lost in jobsite safety incidents. The…
ABA To Hold 23rd Annual Reception: Featuring Honoree Janella T. Hinds; Guest Speaker Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand
New York, NY – The Association of Benefit Administrators, Inc. (ABA), provides a forum for administrators and their professionals, consultants, and vendor partners to share concerns, potential strategies and solutions. The ABA does so through its periodic meetings during which subject matter experts present on various topics related to health and welfare and pension plan…
Fed-up Starbucks workers across New York City walk out in “Red Cup Rebellion”
Nearly three years after the start of the Starbucks union campaign, frustrations are at a boiling point at unionized stores across the nation. For the second year in a row, workers walked off the jobs in what they deemed the “Red Cup Rebellion,” a protest of a national “Red Cup” promotional event where the company…
Leaving a Great Career & Planning a New Chapter in Life
It is with a mix of emotions that I announce my retirement as the President of our esteemed union effective December 31, 2023. After careful consideration and reflection, I have decided that it is time for me to pass on the torch and embark on a new chapter in my life. This decision was not…
Dean Devita, President National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, Vice President of SEIU 32BJ: “The Greatest Asset That America Can Offer is the American Worker.”
New York, NY – Dean Devita is President, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO), 32BJ, SEIU. He became President of the NCFO on October 1, 2020. He also serves as Vice President of SEIU 32BJ. Among many other distinguished positions Devita has held, he previously served as Secretary-Treasurer of the National Conference of Firemen…
Report finds union work to provide cost savings on prevailing wage projects
Construction unions don’t just deliver financial benefits to their members, but often to private developers too, a recent report found. Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently authored a report that concluded developers are likely to save money by using union labor on private prevailing wage projects. “The conclusion is that prevailing wage…