Posts tagged New York
Hyatt workers picket Baltimore Ravens stay at hotel
November 3, 2026 // Some signage at the rally referenced what has become known as the “Curse of the Hyatt,” with every NFL team that has crossed the picket line and decided to stay at the hotel having gone on to lose to the Bills since the boycott began. “It’s not the Raven teammates, it’s not the team, it’s not the players; we’re nothing against the players, but their management and the coaches and stuff, they should say, ‘No, we’re not going to cross the picket line,’” John Ingram, the lead organizer of Hyatt Workers United, said.
Teachers Unions Back School Funding Measures, Governor Candidates in Midterms
November 2, 2026 // Locals from New York to California are focusing on statewide races, while national union targets Senate seats in battleground states.
Simone Barron: Even a Downturn Won’t Stop New York’s Minimum-Wage Hike
October 29, 2026 // Governor Hochul promises a workaround for a provision in state law that mandates freezing the wage amid job losses.
Amazon says it will not recognize workers’ unionization push at Merrillville warehouse
October 27, 2026 // Amazon does not plan to voluntarily recognize drivers who filed union authorization cards to join the Teamsters Local 142, setting up an election through the National Labor Relations Board. Transportation Operations Management, or TOM, Team drivers out of the 1 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center just off Interstate 65 in Merrillville rallied there Thursday to demand the company negotiate a union contract. The department employs about 21 workers out of the hundreds who work at the hulking Amazon warehouse, union leaders said.
Hochul ripped by NYC transit union over staffing issues
October 27, 2026 // A New York City transit union is attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul in a new pre-election ad campaign as "politically toxic" for vetoing a bill that sought to increase staffing on subway cars.
Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders unionize, will begin collective bargaining
October 26, 2026 // During the second season of the Netflix series "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders," which aired last year, one of the cheerleaders said the members were getting a 400% boost in pay. The Cowboys settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader in 2019 that led to the squad doubling the per-game pay for members to $400. The first cheerleading squad to unionize was the Buffalo Jills, the squad for the Buffalo Bills.
NYC delivery workers rally against Mamdani-backed bill they say will kill their ‘American dream’
October 23, 2026 // “What this bill actually does — it puts thousands of jobs at risk,” railed Christine Chan, owner of Highgate Logistics. “So, you may not care about me as an employer, but care about the 200 employees that work with me that take the subway, take the 3 train into Harlem to work, and what will happen to their livelihoods,” Chan added. “Some call it fearmongering that these jobs might disappear; I call it common sense.” Heaven Sanchez, a lead driver at Logistics Xpress, said the job gave him stability and gave him the ability to financially support his mother and family. “Before I got this opportunity, I was struggling financially and was on the verge of homelessness,” Sanchez said.
Lefty NYC labor bill would kill Amazon, UPS jobs, warns dire letter
October 20, 2026 // Business groups are demanding the City Council block a controversial labor bill backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his progressive comrades — arguing it will slap crippling mandates on crucial job providers. The coalition, including the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the American Consumer Institute, fired off a letter to the Democratic-led council and Speaker Julie Menin on Tuesday warning that the proposed Delivery Protection Act would come at “substantial cost’’ to companies such as Amazon and UPS — and thus consumers.
Why more Pittsburgh-area librarians are becoming ‘steelworkers’
October 19, 2026 // A lack of administrative transparency, paired with over a year of grappling with short-staffing, wages as low as $13.22 per hour, changing leadership and expanding responsibilities, pushed workers to unionize, by a 13-3 vote, with the United Steelworkers (USW) in late July. The Cooper-Siegel staff enters the bargaining phase of their first contract amid rising tensions and concerns across the broader library workforce. They join more than 750 library workers across the country — including in Ohio, Illinois and New York — who have organized over the last 12 months as library wages lag way below other sectors and the soaring cost of living.
New York City Carpenters Union Says Federal Oversight Has Ended
October 16, 2026 // The council said the end of the long legal process gives it greater authority over its operations and removes prolonged external approval processes. It said internal compliance and investigative systems, along with safeguards for the union and its members, will remain in place. The announcement did not describe the specific action or date that formally ended federal supervision.