At a hearing, a federal judge granted the officials more time to address rampant violence and disorder inside the city jail system. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Organized Labor”
After Nude Jesse Williams Video, Theater Takes Additional Security Measures
By Gotham Rex on May 11, 2022
Despite an attempt to ban smartphones in the theater, a video of the actor’s nude scene in the Broadway production of “Take Me Out” circulated widely online. Source: New York Times
NLRB Finds Merit in Union Accusations Against Amazon and Starbucks
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2022
Workers had accused the companies of unlawful behavior during recent union campaigns. Source: New York Times
Amazon Union Loses Vote at Second Staten Island Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The results were a setback for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which won a landmark victory last month at a larger Amazon warehouse nearby. Source: New York Times
Amazon Workers Begin Voting on Union at Another Staten Island Facility
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
The balloting will take place this week and could produce the second union at an Amazon facility in the United States. Source: New York Times
Strike Is Averted as Doormen’s Union Reaches Contract Agreement
By Gotham Rex on April 19, 2022
The contract with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents workers at more than 3,000 apartment buildings in New York City, had been set to expire on Wednesday. Source: New York Times
Why Condé Nast Staffers Are Unionizing: ‘Prestige Doesn’t Pay the Bills’
By Gotham Rex on April 9, 2022
What does it mean when the labor movement is embraced by the so-called media elite? Source: New York Times
Amazon Union Success May Point to a New Labor Playbook
By Gotham Rex on April 7, 2022
The success of an independent drive has organized labor asking whether it should take more of a back seat. Source: New York Times
How Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer Beat Amazon
By Gotham Rex on April 2, 2022
The company’s crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory. Source: New York Times
Supreme Court Stops New Jersey From Dissolving Watchdog Agency
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
New York officials object to their neighbor’s move to eliminate an agency that was created to keep organized crime off the local docks. Source: New York Times
Future of Agency Created to Keep Mob Off Docks Now Up to Supreme Court
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
New Jersey wants to dissolve a product of the “On the Waterfront” era. New York wants the country’s highest court to keep the bistate commission alive. Source: New York Times
New York Times Tech Workers Vote to Certify Union
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2022
The ratification, with about 80 percent of ballots in favor, makes it the largest tech union in the United States with collective bargaining rights. Source: New York Times
A Second Amazon Site on Staten Island Will Have a Union Election
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board approved the voting at a warehouse next to JFK8, where another election is in progress. Source: New York Times
REI Workers in New York Vote to Unionize
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
The 88-to-14 result at a Manhattan store creates the first union at the prominent outdoor equipment and apparel retailer. Source: New York Times
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Postpones Broadway Reopening Until April
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
The musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March. Source: New York Times