The unions represent about 88,000 of the 160,000 employees covered by the city’s latest mandate, which requires all city employees to get vaccinated or face unpaid leave. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Organized Labor”
Sexual Assaults Are Worsening a Crisis at Rikers, Jail Officers Say
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2021
Female officers, who make up nearly half of the uniformed staff at New York City’s jails, said they were at particularly high risk of being attacked. Source: New York Times
Letitia James Is Preparing Announcement on Run for Governor
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2021
Ms. James, the New York attorney general, did not reveal her decision, but her top aides have told political and union leaders that she will run. Source: New York Times
Biggest New York City Police Union Sues Over Vaccine Mandate
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2021
The Police Benevolent Association of New York said it opposed a vaccine mandate for police officers that does not allow the option of being tested weekly instead of being vaccinated. Source: New York Times
As Starbucks Workers Seek a Union, Company Officials Converge on Stores
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2021
A push in the Buffalo area could produce the first union at company-owned stores in the U.S. But backers say moves by management are having a chilling effect. Source: New York Times
Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Seek Union Vote
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2021
The organizing campaign, if successful, could upend the company’s labor model. Employees say chronic understaffing has long caused frustration. Source: New York Times
Stanley Aronowitz, Labor Scholar and Activist, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on August 21, 2021
As a self-described “working-class intellectual,” he declared that direct action was more potent than collective bargaining or conventional politics. Source: New York Times
The Abandonment of Andrew Cuomo: Unions, Party Leaders and Deep Allies
By Gotham Rex on August 4, 2021
The governor has suffered consequential defections from core constituencies, including labor, white suburban lawmakers and Black political leaders. Source: New York Times
Guggenheim Museum Curators Move to Join a Union
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2021
The curators, as well as conservators and other staff, are looking to join a local of the United Auto Workers. Source: New York Times
New Vaccine Rules for Workers? Unions Voice Exasperation.
By Gotham Rex on July 28, 2021
“We didn’t even have a heads-up that this was coming out,” one labor leader said. Others said members were worried about side effects. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Union Leaders Say Mayor’s Covid Mandate Took Them by Surprise
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2021
Municipal union leaders bristled at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that workers must get vaccinated or tested weekly, while city workers had mixed reactions. Source: New York Times
New York City and California to Require Vaccines or Tests for Workers
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2021
California and New York City announced the mandates for their employees, while the Department of Veterans Affairs said frontline health care workers must get vaccinated or face possible termination. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Requirements Loom in New York City: ‘Time for More Mandates’
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
The debate over whether to require vaccinations is intensifying as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus surges in many parts of the United States. Source: New York Times
Kathy Andrade, Unionist Who Fought for Immigrant Workers, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2021
Her work on behalf of garment workers helped prod organized labor to rethink its approach to an increasingly immigrant-based work force. Source: New York Times
Why Some of N.Y.C.’s Essential Workers Skipped a Parade to Honor Them
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
The Lower Manhattan celebration honored workers’ service during the pandemic, but several unions said they would not participate, citing low pay among other complaints. Source: New York Times