A recent Wall Street Journal article laid out NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio's vision for an Amazon-ed Big Apple: a unionized labor force. Katie Honan writes:
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that New York City employees of Amazon.com Inc. should unionize and that their organizing wouldn’t prompt the company to pull out … Continue Reading ››
School bus maintenance and driving has long been a tricky business in New York City. In the face of mounting maintenance costs, excessive emissions and flatlining wages, the Transit Workers Union (TWU) has proposed a novel -- and potentially transformative -- solution for the city's school buses. This week, TWU international president John Samuelsen and Manhattan New … Continue Reading ››
On the occasion of Labor Day this year, New York City received some welcome news courtesy of "The State of the Unions 2016," the latest report from Murphy Professors Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce. Amid declining rates of unionization nationwide, the Big Apple remains strong, with over 25% of workers unionized. According to the report, entitled “The State … Continue Reading ››
By Sarah Hughes If you've been around Murphy recently, you've probably heard rumblings about the PSC contract battle. As a labor school, Murphy Institute faculty, students and staff study and put into practice the fight for labor rights. Now, as members of the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY and AFSCME District Council 37, Murphy community members are in … Continue Reading ››
This past Sunday, dozens of B&H workers publicly aired their grievances against their employer, the largest non-chain photo retailer in the country. Employees marched into the NYC store to deliver a letter and launch a campaign calling for the business to "fix dangerous workplace conditions, end discrimination against Latino employees, and … Continue Reading ››
As New York State moves towards a $15/hr wage floor for fast food workers, some are asking: are fast food workers enough? In City & State this week, James Parrott and Jennifer Jones-Austin (Opinion: The Importance of a $15 Wage Floor for New York's Nonprofits) argue for a wage increase for "[t]he 250,000 … Continue Reading ››
