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 ...
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Nov 4, 2024 · MagnaCare and Labor: Building a Better Future for Union Benefits Together. Michelle Zettergren October 30, 2024. Since its inception nearly 35 years ago, MagnaCare has supported labor by helping to provide quality health, retirement and workers’ compensation benefits to union members. We believe that organized labor.
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.
Wegmans, Teamsters Local 118 Reach Agreement – LaborPress
Aug 4, 2019 · ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Following months of negotiations, Wegmans Food Markets and Teamsters Local 118 now have a new five-year agreement covering over 1,000 warehousing and distribution workers. The contract provides for the largest wage package of any agreement previously reached with Wegmans, and addresses such issues as seniority rights, vacations and the use of part-time workers.The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Senator Jessica Ramos: A Child Of Immigrants Works To
Nov 30, 2023 · LaborPress. Senator Jessica Ramos represents New York’s 13th District in the State Senate, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, as well as parts of Elmhurst, Rego Park and Forest Hills. She was born at Elmhurst Hospital to undocumented Colombian immigrants and grew up in Astoria in Queens, NY.
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Inside the CSA’s Hard-Fought Agreement With NYC - LaborPress
Mar 2, 2020 · This past month, after nearly a year of bargaining, the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators [CSA] agreed to a provisional but momentous contract with the City of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. According to CSA President Mark Cannizzarro, if the more than 6,400 membership, which include ...
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 ...