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WEB6 days ago · UA’s John Murphy hopes to bring his members issues to the fore in the Labor Day parade. Max Parrott September 2, 2024. For John Murphy, fourth-generation New York City union plumber, the Labor Day Parade up Fifth Avenue has been an annual tradition since he became a union apprentice in 1984. But.
New York’s Female-Majority City Council Could Save Home
WEBJun 1, 2022 · The bill, Intro 175, would amend the city’s Fair Workweek Act of 2017 (which requires employers to give fast-food and retail workers predictable schedules) to prohibit employers from assigning aides to work more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period or more than 50 hours in a week.
CWA Local 1180 Reaches Tentative Contract Deal With City
WEBSep 21, 2023 · LaborPress. The Communications Workers of America Local 1180 have reached a tentative contract agreement with the Adams administration. The pact is retroactive, running from mid-Dec. 2021 through June 12 of 2027. The union members would receive four annual 3.25% raises, then a final 3.25% raise in 2025, plus a $3,000 ratification bonus.
IBEW Local 25’s apprenticeship drives interest in ... - LaborPress
WEBApril 2, 2024. Max Parrott. LaborPress. On Long Island, interest in union electrical trades is surging, increasingly with high schoolers interested in union training. For the incoming class of apprentices, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 25’s five-year program received 884 applications.
Tribute to LIUNA President Terry O’Sullivan – LaborPress
WEBMay 2, 2023 · Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on May 1, 2023 spoke on the Senate floor on Terry O’Sullivan retiring as General President of Laborers’ International Union of North America. “Today it brings me immense joy, gratitude, and a little sadness to pay tribute to a giant of American labor, a hero of working families, and a leader who truly stands in a category ...
32BJ Building Workers Reach Tentative Contract Deal
WEBApr 16, 2018 · NEW YORK, N.Y.—32BJ SEIU’s bargaining committee and the Realty Advisory Board reached a tentative contract agreement Apr. 13 for more than 31,000 residential building-service workers in New York City. The four-year deal would raise workers’ pay by 11.3%, keep pension and health-care benefits protected, increase funding for training and retirement benefits, and add protections against ...
Civil Service Employees Association and NYS Settle Contract
WEBAugust 4, 2022. Stephanie West. LaborPress. Civil Service Employees Association has ratified a five-year contract with NYS. The agreement, which runs until April 1, 2026, won the approval of more than 80 percent of CSEA members. “This contract fairly compensates the hard-working men and women of the Civil Service Employees Association who ...
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The Minimum Wage and the New Federalism? – LaborPress
WEBSep 25, 2014 · Conservatives opposed to the minimum wage are served by this minimum wage new federalism, even if by default. Nevertheless, it would be a great disservice to the interests of the national economy if the minimum wage specifically, and wage policy generally, were to be lost in the language of new federalism and states’ rights. September 25, …
Ironworkers’ James Mahoney: Time is Right to Organize
WEBMay 12, 2022. Steve Wishnia. LaborPress. NEW YORK, N.Y.—. The New York Ironworkers’ top priority “right now is to organize,” says James Mahoney, president of the New York State Iron Workers District Council for the past seven years. Jimmy Mahoney, president of the New York State Iron Workers District Council, welcomes striking non …
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