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News > July 17, 2015

Labor, Community, and Environmental Justice Groups Praise Governor’s Focus on Private Sanitation Workers

NEW YORK, NY – The Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition released the following statement on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s exploited worker task force, which will combat labor abuses in private sanitation Read More >>

 
 
News > June 15, 2015

Teamsters Endorse Lynch for Queens City Council Seat

First Labor Endorsement in the Race NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Joint Council 16 endorsed Rebecca Lynch for City Council in Eastern Queens today. Lynch, who was born and raised Read More >>

 
 
News > May 8, 2015

Teamsters Cheer Governor’s Fast Food Announcement

NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda had the following statement about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announced wage board to explore higher pay in the fast food Read More >>

 
 
News > May 4, 2015

Fired Sanitation Workers Who Testified at City Council Win Their Jobs Back

Councilmembers and Community-Labor Coalition Cheer the News, But Pledge that Fight to Reform Private Waste Industry Will Only Grow Larger NEW YORK, NY – The two private sanitation workers who Read More >>

 
 
News > April 29, 2015

New Yorkers Rally at City Hall, Demand Sanitation Industry Clean Up Its Act

NEW YORK, NY – Sanitation workers rallied with environmental justice advocates and small business owners at City Hall this morning, calling on the City Council and administration to reform New Read More >>

 
 
News > April 22, 2015

Community, Labor, and Environmental Groups Praise “Zero Waste” in De Blasio’s OneNYC

NEW YORK, NY – The Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition had the following statement on the release of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s OneNYC, which includes a commitment to achieve zero Read More >>

 
 
News > April 8, 2015

Teamster President: “Listen to the Scientists” on Carriage Horses

NEW YORK, NY – George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement in response to details of a new study that found New York City carriage Read More >>

 

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