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Tamiment-Wagner: Labor Unions and Organizations (U.S.)

Collected by: New York University

Archived since: Oct, 2015

Description:

Contains periodically archived websites of New York City metropolitan area Labor Unions, especially those whose records are held by the Tamiment Library's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (designated by the New York City Central Labor Council as the official repository for their member unions' records). Also contains websites of selected national labor unions; websites of labor movement related organizations, e.g. organizations that support the goals/activity of organized labor and social and economic justice for working people; and websites that promote democracy within labor unions. For technical, privacy and other reasons, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl.

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Title: Newspaper Guild of New York, CWA Local 31003

URL: https://www.nyguild.org/

Description: The Newspaper Guild of New York, launched in 1934, is an labor union for people in the news and media business, including print, photo, video, and digital journalists, as well as employees in advertising, circulation and other related areas. They represent about 3,000 employees at New York area-based media organizations and their respective bureaus around the nation.

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Subject:   Newspaper Guild of New York. Newspaper employees--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York. Reporters and reporting--New York (State)--New York.

Title: Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 3

URL: https://www.local3rwdsu.org/

Description: Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU/UFCW), Local 3, founded in 1937, represents more than 2,000 sales clerks, shelf stockers and clerical workers at Bloomingdale’s flagship 59th Street store in New York City, with extended protection to workers at the Bloomingdale’s SoHo store. The website contains news and event listings, meeting minutes, contract information, and newsletters.

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Subject:   Bloomingdale's (Firm). Retail trade--United States--Employees.

Title: Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW) Local 2110

URL: https://makingabetternyu.org/

Description: The Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW Local 2110) is the union for graduate employees at New York University (NYU) and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. This includes teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate assistants. The Polytechnic Institute organizes science and engineering graduate students. The union was established in 1998 and negotiated their first contract with NYU in 2002. In 2004, the National Labor Relations Board reversed the Brown University decision, declaring private universities are not required to bargain with graduate employees and leading to NYU not negotiating a new contract. Over the next years, GSOC continued the fight for recognition at NYU, and currently gathering signatures to get NYU to negotiate a contract restoring healthcare benefits. The website contains information about the union and its Polytechnic Institute affiliate (SET-UAW), campaigns, news, and event listings.

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Subject:   Strikes and lockouts--Graduate teaching assistants--New York (State)--New York. New York University. International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO).

Title: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), District Council 37, Local 983

URL: https://local983.com/

Description: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), Local 983 is one of the District Council 37's earliest locals, founded in the 1950s. The union initially represented motor vehicle operators, but came to include different blue collar employees, including high pressure plant tenders, parks workers, asbestos handlers, assistant city highway repairers, city seasonal aides and other municipal and public employee jobs. 1998-2013, Mark Rosenthal was elected president of Local 983. In 2013, Joe Puleo was elected president of the local. The website contains information on the union's benefits, contracts, and event listings.

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Subject:   Motor vehicle drivers |z United States.

Title: New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council

URL: https://hotelworkers.org/

Description: Founded in the 1930s, The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO (Hotel Trades Council), is the union of hotel workers in New York City. The Council represents approximately 30,000 non-managerial employees working in all hotel departments, including: housekeeping, public space, dining room, banquet, room service, kitchen, stewarding, bar, mini-bar, audio-visual, front desk, reservations, PBX, bell and door services, concierge, night auditing, laundry, valet, engineering, maintenance, electrical, carpentry, painting, upholstery, business centers, night cleaning, health spas, security, garage, purchasing and receiving, and storeroom in over 300 hotels in the New York City area. It is affiliated with the SEIU, UNITE-HERE, OPEIU, IUOE, IBEW, IUPAT, and USWA. The website includes news listings, a listing of unionized hotels, their weekly newsletter, Hotel Voice, and other multimedia.

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Subject:   The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. Central labor councils--New York (State)--New York. Hospitality industry--Employees--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York.

Title: Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1

URL: http://bricklayersandalliedcraftworkerslocal1ny.org/

Description: The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, Local 1 was granted a charter by the National Union of Bricklayers of the U.S.A. on October 17, 1868 in Brooklyn, New York and is one of the oldest continuously-existing locals in New York City. The union represents bricklayers, plasterers, stonesetters, and pointers, cleaners and caulkers. The website contains their newsletter, events, and news listings.

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Subject:   Bricklayers--Labor unions--New York Metropolitan Area. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen.

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