‘Left behind’ contract workers at Con Ed demand family-sustaining jobs
Con Ed workers rallied outside Con Ed headquarters on Aug. 14, 2024. Photo credit: 32BJ SEIU Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights…
NYS doles out $2 billion in bonuses to support health-care workers
NYC Public Hospital nurses rally outside Bellevue Hospital demanding a fair contract. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights…
Stellantis to cut nearly 2.5K union workers as Ram Classic truck production ends
Chrysler parent Stellantis is laying off as many as 2,450 factory workers from its Warren Truck assembly plant outside of Detroit as the automaker ends production of the Ram 1500 Classic truck.…
Tupperware shuts down only remaining US plant, moves manufacturing to Mexico as over 100 workers laid off
Tupperware Brands announced it will be closing its South Carolina factory — the company’s last remaining plant in the US — and laying off more than 100 workers. The iconic…
World Central Kitchen workers killed by IDF to be honored at DC memorial : NPR
Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on April 2, 2024. A memorial at the…
L.A. County passes ‘fair workweek’ policy for retail workers
Workers at big retail and grocery stores in unincorporated L.A. County can retain a little more control over their schedules — and rely a little less on managers’ whims —…
Adams declines to say if he’ll sign newly-passed council bills requiring EMS workers be given body armor
Mayor Eric Adams did not say whether he would sign a bill the City Council passed Thursday requiring the FDNY to provide body armor to EMS workers. April 12, 2024.…
NYC casino workers bash bill that would legalize online betting in the Empire State
Nearly 700 Queens casino workers are blasting a bill that would legalize online betting in the Empire State – saying it’s an attack on their jobs Employees at Resorts World…
James Patterson gives $500 holiday bonuses to bookstore workers
Bestselling author James Patterson has awarded $500 bonuses to 600 employees at independent bookstores across the United States. That’s a total of $300,000, as the Associated Press reported on Wednesday,…
Rep. Greg Casar, Texas congressman, leads thirst and hunger strike to urge heat protections for workers
CNN — A Democratic congressman from Texas is participating in a brief thirst and hunger strike Tuesday to “draw attention to the need for a federal workplace heat standard, including…