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CWA Local 1180 Reaches Tentative Contract Deal With City
Sep 21, 2023 — LaborPress. The Communications Workers of America Local 1180 have reached a tentative contract agreement with the Adams administration. The pact is retroactive, running from mid-Dec. 2021 through June 12 of 2027. The union members would receive four annual 3.25% raises, then a final 3.25% raise in 2025, plus a $3,000 ratification bonus.
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What First Responder Status Means for 911 Dispatchers
June 18, 2021. Silver Krieger. LaborPress. New York, NY — On June 17, the state designated 911 and other dispatchers as First Responders for Communications. The legislation (A7366 Abbate/S7121 Brook), passed by the New York State Legislature in its just concluded 2021 session, finally confers First Responder status to 911 dispatchers in New ...
Airline Workers Strike in 1966 – and Make History – LaborPress
July 13, 2015. By LaborPress. On July 9, 1966, 35,000 members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) across the country working at five airlines went on strike. Sixty percent of the commercial airline industry was shut down for 43 days. As the airlines invested in equipment and jet technology during the early 1960's, airline ...
Civil Service Employees Association and NYS Settle Contract
August 4, 2022. Stephanie West. LaborPress. Civil Service Employees Association has ratified a five-year contract with NYS. The agreement, which runs until April 1, 2026, won the approval of more than 80 percent of CSEA members. “This contract fairly compensates the hard-working men and women of the Civil Service Employees Association who ...
32BJ Building Workers Reach Tentative Contract Deal
Apr 16, 2018 — NEW YORK, N.Y.—32BJ SEIU’s bargaining committee and the Realty Advisory Board reached a tentative contract agreement Apr. 13 for more than 31,000 residential building-service workers in New York City. The four-year deal would raise workers’ pay by 11.3%, keep pension and health-care benefits protected, increase funding for training and retirement benefits, and add protections against ...
NYC Launches Pathways To Industrial And Construction
Aug 17, 2022 — New York, NY – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the launch of New York City Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers (PINCC). This will provide career opportunities to about 2,300 low-income New Yorkers in two high-growth sectors of the city’s economy over the next three years. “All New Yorkers deserve to earn a living ...
What You Need to Know About Workers’ Comp and Virtual Hearings
November 1, 2021. Robert Grey. LaborPress. New York, NY – In early 2018 – two years before the COVID-19 pandemic and before anyone had heard of Zoom – the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board launched a “virtual hearing” program that allowed judges, injured workers, and attorneys to appear remotely. This virtual hearing ...
New Year Brings New Apprentice Opportunities at IUOE Local 30
Jan 4, 2022 — New Year Brings New Apprentice Opportunities at IUOE Local 30. January 4, 2022. Silver Krieger. LaborPress. New York, NY – IUOE Local 30’s Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is recruiting some 25 Stationary Engineer apprentices from January 24 …