Payment Part of $3 Million Settlement AG, Comptroller Reached with Landlords For Underpaying Workers and Fraudulently Obtaining Tax Breaks (New York, NY) – Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and 32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg today distributed more than $400,000 in back wage plus interest to 11 building service employees who were

New Yorkers ask for more transparency and more protections from health care providers New York – Scores of union members from two of the city’s largest unions, 32BJ SEIU and DC 37, attended a City Council hearing on Thursday where representatives of their unions and a union-administered health fund testified about runaway charges in hospitals

The following statement can be attributed to the NY DIRECT Coalition   “Handy’s announcement of a so-called 5-point worker protection plan is a publicity stunt. Workers need not work full-time or for only one employer to enjoy basic labor rights, and employee status does not prohibit employers from giving their workers flexibility.  “Nothing is stopping Handy from treating its workers

                        Workers and electeds will show support for the Utilities Prevailing Wage Bill that passed the New York Assembly and Senate last session When: Thursday, November  21 at 3:00pm Where: Pershing Square (42nd Street and Park Ave) What: Rally in support of family sustaining, prevailing wage jobs at New York’s utilities facilities like Con Edison,