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WE WON NY HERO BILL WITH WORKER PROTECTIONS IN EFFECT
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byGovernor Kathy Hochul today announced that the commissioner of health has designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health under New York State’s HERO Act, which requires all employers to implement workplace safety plans in the event of an airborne infectious disease, helping to prevent workplace…Read More…
Unions, politicians to incoming N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul: take action on COVID HERO Act
Posted OnAugust 24, 2021 byALBANY — They’re hoping for a hero. A coalition of advocates, labor leaders and lawmakers are calling on the state Health Department and incoming Gov. Hochul to fully implement the NY HERO Act. The union-backed law, signed by disgraced Gov. Cuomo back in May, sets enforceable health and safety standards for businesses in New York…Read More…
UFCW Fights For Better Conditions For LINK Home Health Aides
Posted OnJuly 21, 2021 byTestimony of Mark Carotenuto, President, United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 2013 (UFCW, Local 2013), Before Joint Hearing of Senate Committees on Aging, Labor and Health Good afternoon Senators, I am Louis Mark Carotenuto, President the United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 2013 (UFCW, Local 2013). We deeply appreciate this hearing and your interest in…Read More…
Child Tax Credit Payments Are Coming To Help!
Posted OnJuly 16, 2021 byIf you filed your taxes in the last 2 years or used the IRS Non-Filer Portal last year, you will automatically get monthly #ChildTaxCredit payments starting July 15th! If not, go to childtaxcredit.gov & receive $300/child under 6 & $250/child ages 6-17. Read More…
Update: Right To Work Has Been Defeated In New Hampshire
Posted OnJuly 8, 2021 byRight to work is wrong for New Hampshire, plain and simple. It deprives workers of their freedom to join together and form strong unions if they choose to. All that so-called right to work laws do is suppress wages, lower workplace safety and reduce the quality of public services we rely on in our communities. Proponents…Read More…
Members Taking Action – UFCW 2013 June 2021 Newsletter
Posted OnJuly 7, 2021 byMembership victories for UFCW in the spring and early summer of 2021. June 2021 has been a very successful month for union power and victories.
Do & Co Workers Demand Justice
Posted OnMay 27, 2021 byQueens Boro President Donovan Richards, council woman Adrian Adams, representatives from State Senator James Sanders office , Assemblyman Khalel Anderson’s office and New York communities for change leaders came together to support Do & Co workers demanding justice. Workers being recalled after a 7 month recall are losing all seniority rights . Elected officials said…Read More…
Power To The Workers: NY HERO Act Signed Into Law
Posted OnMay 7, 2021 byHistoric victory: #NYHERO Act signed into law! After a year-long fight, essential workers win the tools to empower and protect our communities for this pandemic and whatever comes next. This is a huge win for the health and dignity of workers and our communities. #ProtectNYHeroesRead More…
Remembering Our Members
Posted OnApril 29, 2021 byUfcw members/coalition members calling on the governor to sign the HERO bill. On this workers Memorial Day we read the names and honored the 55 ufcw members who lost their lives to the pandemic.Read More…
Covid Leaves Lasting Impact on Assisted Living Worker
Posted OnApril 22, 2021 byNew York, NY – Evelyn Brown, 43, is a veteran health aide at an assisted living facility in the Bronx and a UFCW Local 2013 member. In her 23-years on the job she has never seen anything quite like the devastation left by the Covid-19 pandemic. “I started to get concerned about the virus in…Read More…