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  NYC at-risk youth nonprofit Covenant House New York faces contempt charges over delaying first union contract with 1199 SEIU NYC at-risk youth nonprofit faces contempt charges over delaying first union contract | amNewYork

  Mississippi Transit Workers Strike for Better Protections and Service Mississippi Transit Workers Strike for Better Protections and Service | Labor Notes

  California prison towns grasp for new jobs after closures: ‘No one is coming to save us’ Former California prison towns grasp for jobs after closures - CalMatters

  THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY IN DC 37 Local 3005 president says charges seeking her removal brought by Local 375, 3778 leaders are an 'intimidation tactic' Escalates intra-DC 37 dispute over bargaining, union democracy Local 3005 president says charges seeking her removal brought by Local 375, 3778 leaders are an 'intimidation tactic' - The Chief

  Unions certified at Fortune Society, New York Immigration Coalition Over 400 new members of Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153 Unions certified at Fortune Society, NYIC - The Chief

  ‘Unsustainable strain’: NYPD’s 911 operators forced into 16-hour shifts Union says understaffing, low pay driving fatigue, burnout and turnover ‘Unsustainable strain’: NYPD’s 911 operators forced into 16-hour shifts - The Chief

  Opinion: Who Can Afford to Work for New York City? “The problem is significant enough that we are now conducting a formal survey of our membership to document the full scope of housing instability and homelessness among city workers. That should concern anyone who relies on city services—which is everyone.” Opinion: Who Can Afford to Work for New York City? - City Limits

  CSEA union wins raises, benefits in 5-year contract with New York state CSEA union wins raises, other benefits in contract with N.Y. Tentative agreement invests in state workers - CSEA NY CSEA union wins raises, benefits in 5-year contract with New York state CSEA union wins raises, benefits in 5-year contract with New York state CSEA union wins raises, benefits in 5-year contract with New York state

  NYC Ferry workers join Transport Workers Union in unanimous ballot 61-0 vote marks new, aquatic era for transit union NYC Ferry workers join TWU in unanimous ballot - The Chief

  New York Immigration Coalition Employees Win Union Recognition The immigration advocacy organization said it would voluntarily recognize the employee union, NYIC United/local 153, Office and Professional Employees International Union, after a tense standoff between workers and management New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) Employees Win Union Recognition Immigration non-profit and union reach voluntary recognition agreement - The Chief

  NEW YORK CITY HOMECARE WORKERS FIGHT AGAINST 24 HOUR SHIFTS Homecare workers draw union support on eve of hunger strike - The Chief New York City Home Care Workers ‘Urge An End To The Torture' Of 24-Hour Shifts’ - WNY Labor Today: Your On-Line Labor Newspaper, Bringing You Labor News From Across The Nation, New York State & Western New York

  Detroit Public Defenders Hit the Picket Line After Failing to Get a Contract Deadline Detroit | Detroit Public Defenders Hit the Picket Line After Failing to Get a Contract Public defenders union launches simultaneous strikes in Detroit, New York City NDS Statement on the NDS Detroit Work Stoppage: Clarification - Neighborhood Defender Service Detroit legal aid strikers call for unity: “We should all be out together” - World Socialist Web Site

  The Workerist Manifesto by Gregory A. Butler About the Book The average American private sector worker produces about $200,000 worth of goods or services a year…. but only gets paid $35,000 in gross pre tax wages in return (in a country where you need to make $100,000 a year to support a family of 4 at a middle income standard of living). Why does this country’s 161 million strong working class continue to tolerate that? This book sets out to answer that question. About the Author ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Gregory A. Butler is a longtime labor activist in New York City. He got his first unionized job in February 1986, has been a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, American Federation of Teachers and the International Union of Operating Engineers, was a shop steward in the UBC for 17 years and a union delegate in the IUOE for 3 years. This is his third book: his previous works were DISUNITED BROTHERHOODS …race, racketeering and the fall of...