…front-of-house workers, and ratification bonuses are $3k for full-timers, and $500 for part-time staff, among other wins. Read the full story by Artforum News, published November 8, 2023, here: https://www.artforum.com/news/unionized-brooklyn-museum-staff-ratify-inaugural-contract-543220/…
…Council bills that will increase pay for construction workers at city-funded projects, and would extend to non-union laborers. Read the full story by Duncan Freeman for The Chief-Leader, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/construction-unions-back-council-bills-that-would-bring-higher-wages-for-non-union-labor,51384…
…in the opposite direction. We want New Yorkers to understand that New York is a union town.” Read the full story by Crystal Lewis for The Chief-Leader, published here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/state-bill-would-require-high-schools-to-educate-students-on-workers-rights,51353…
…the worst feeling you can imagine,” testified Nancy Hagans, president of National Nurses United. Read the full story by Crystal Lewis for The Chief-Leader, published October 31, 2023, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/nurses-push-for-national-safe-staffing-standards,51343…
…Biden said the technology “needs to be governed.” Read the full story by Cecilia Kang and David E. Sanger for The New York Times, published October 30, 2023, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/us/politics/biden-ai-regulation.html…
…we’ve never organized before.” Next targets: non-organized car companies like Tesla, Toyota, and Honda. Read the full story by Jake Johnson for Common Dreams, published October 30, 2023, here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-labor-movement…
…the conversion of temporary workers to permanent after only a few months. Read the full story by Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore for CNN, published October 30, 2023, here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/business/gm-uaw-tentative-agreement/index.html…
…concerned about the well-being of who they serve. Walgreens and CVS are mostly not unionized. Read the full story by Nicole Goodkind for CNN, published October 30, 2023, here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/business/cvs-walgreen-pharmacy-walkout/index.html…
…The four-year waiting period included a strike by the musicians, and drew the support of elected officials and celebrities. Read the full story by Local 802 News, posted here: https://www.local802afm.org/2023/10/dciny-press-release-oct-23-2023/…
…wages will increase, and wage tiers have been eliminated. Read the full story by Lauren Kaori Gurlev and Jeanne Whalen for the Washington Post, published October 25, 2023, here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/25/uaw-strike-ford-updates/…
