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Union Calls for Cuomo to support minimum $15 hourly pay for Workers at CUNY

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 4 announced his plan to increase the minimum wage for state workers at the State University of New York to $15 an hour. City University of New York workers in New York City wonder why they were excluded. [...]

Jan. 11 is “Union and Proud” Button Day

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

DC 37 members all across New York City will be wearing buttons to “Say It Loud: We’re Union and Proud” on Monday, Jan. 11. This show of solidarity takes place on the day that billionaire CEOs and their lawyers go before the U.S. Supreme Court to try to undermine public service workers. [...]

New Law Protects EMS from Assaults

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Thanks to new legislation, a person who assaults an emergency services worker could face seven years in prison. [...]

A $15 Minimum Wage for City Workers

January 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

By MIKE LEE New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $15-an-hour minimum wage for 50,000 low-paid city workers, including 20,000 workers mostly represented by DC 37, [...]

The Retirement Divide

December 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

By GREGORY N. HEIRES As traditional pensions disappear and millions of Americans worry about being unable to enjoy a comfortable retirement, the typical CEO has a nest egg of [...]

Members Fight Ebola Outbreak

December 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Health experts go to West Africa to track Ebola. [...]

Unions and Women

December 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

By MIKE LEE As labor faces incessant assaults from right-wing politicians and their shadowy allies, the value of unionization for women workers, who stand at the front lines [...]

Rising Morbidity of Workers

December 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

By JUAN FERNANDEZ The New York Times reported the findings of a 2015 study that showed that between 1999 and 2013, white middle-aged men and women in the United States — [...]

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