Posts tagged New York
Abundance Co-op suspends shareholder discount amid financial struggles and workers unionizing
April 10, 2025 // Shareholders usually enjoy shopping discounts, but the board of directors has put the program on hold due to financial troubles. They've offered no timeline for its return and have yet to find a suitable alternative. The statement read: "Please continue to shop at Abundance; it is single-handedly the most important decision you can make to help the store. Which leads to another important question people have asked — how bad is the financial status of Abundance? Will the store be shut down? We certainly hope not, and the goal is to avoid that, but we need to consult professionals to analyze what can be done to lessen our expenses in order to keep the store open." The statement also acknowledged the workers' decision to unionize, affirming that the co-op aims to support its staff and uphold fair and lawful election procedures.
Anti-Israel radical socialists who’ve backed Luigi Mangione plotting to take over United Federation of Teachers
April 9, 2025 // Radical socialists who back anti-Israel groups and alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione are steadily making inroads into one of the city’s most powerful labor unions, sources warn The Post. Candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America are polling strongly in elections to lead the United Federation of Teachers — who represent nearly 200,000 educators and manage a welfare fund with $1 billion in assets — which take place next month, according to a source. The progressive political movement, which backed Vermont governor Bernie Sanders during his presidential campaign in 2016 and was behind New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s insurgent victory two years later, set up a strategy to infiltrate labor unions in 2018, according to a report in Politico, citing an internal DSA memo.
Strike allegations lead to heated board meeting
April 9, 2025 // The Town of Tonawanda held its first board meeting on Monday night since town supervisor Joe Emminger said that dozens of police officers will be charged with Taylor Law violations – and the police union showed up in full force in response to allegations that officers participated in an illegal strike. The gavel had to be used more than 10 times at a vocal and heated meeting. The union said that the town’s disciplinary actions against its own police force are a tipping point, so much so that Andy Thompson, president of the Town of Tonawanda Police Club, made his first public comments since the situation began. “What’s happening inside of our department should alarm every person in this room, and every family in this town,” Thompson said.
Oregon and Washington workers may soon be able to claim unemployment benefits when they go on strike
April 7, 2025 // Oregon’s measure would make it the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees — who aren’t allowed to strike in most states, let alone receive benefits for it. Washington’s would pay striking private sector workers for up to 12 weeks, starting after at least two weeks on the line.
NEW YORK: With A2593, unions are outsourcing their deceit to robots
March 27, 2025 // A2593, recently introduced in the New York State Assembly, would allow unions to make automated “robocalls” to public employees who’ve opted out of union membership. If the proposal sounds absurd, that’s because it’s a blatant attempt to preserve their fading influence by strongarming workers who have unequivocally expressed their wishes already. The bill claims to protect New Yorkers’ privacy; in reality, it would accomplish the polar opposite by granting government unions one of the few legal exceptions to make robocalls in the state.
National Labor Relations Board overrules Optum’s objection to Crystal Run workers’ union
March 27, 2025 // As a result, 1,120 Crystal Run workers joined 650 other Optum staff in Westchester and the lower Hudson Valley in 1199SEIU, the largest health care union in the Hudson Valley, which also represents staff at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Putnam Hospital and Northern Dutchess Hospital. In his conclusion, Doyle also certified 1199SEIU Health Care as the bargaining representative for all full-time, regular part-time, per diem non-professional employees, and physicians at Crystal Run. That includes employees at Crystal Run locations in Middletown, Monroe, Newburgh, Rock Hill, Goshen, Warwick and West Nyack.
Hochul admin caves on rollout of pro-union NY home care overhaul as whistleblower describes chaos: ‘S–t show’
March 25, 2025 // Hochul handpicked Public Partnerships LLC as a new middleman to consolidate payroll services from hundreds of firms, a move supported by an influential health care union that could gain thousands of new members through unionizing aides under the program. But a whistleblower said PPL has been inundated with phone calls and struggling to meet the demand to try to hit the deadline. “It’s unimaginable. We’ve gone from the frying pan to the fire,” the PPL employee said. Hundreds of callers are on hold by 8 a.m. when workers sign on for the day, and hundreds are still waiting on hold by the end of the business day, the worker said — meaning consumers and caregivers have to call back and try again the next day.
Hackers Ransom 500,000 Union Members’ Personal Information
March 23, 2025 // The attack targeted the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) and impacted more than 500,000 individuals, including public school teachers and support staff. During the breach, hackers accessed individuals’: Date of birth. Social Security numbers. Driver’s license numbers. Passport numbers. Bank account information, including account and routing numbers and passwords. Credit and debit card information, including card numbers, PINs, and card expiration dates. Health insurance and medical information. Why does the PSEA have access to all this information, especially since most have nothing to do with work or union representation? Simply put, unions often obtain personal information to contact employees about political causes and union organizing outside the workplace. They also send unpaid dues to collections.
Life After Strike: How resigned correction officers are feeling now
March 21, 2025 //
Optum staff in New York vote to unionize
March 19, 2025 // Optum filed two objections March 4, requesting that the election results be set aside. NLRB documents the union shared with Becker’s shows the first objection is related to quorum. Optum argues that “given the absence of a quorum by the NLRB, regional directors do not have the authority to certify election results or investigate and adjudicate the employer’s objections under Section 3(b) of the National Labor Relations Act.” The second objection argues that the NLRB limited Optum’s ability to share its opinion or arguments about unionization with employees during working hours. The union, on the other hand, accuses Optum of running an anti-union campaign.