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News > July 11, 2017

Workers Protest NY Presbyterian Hospital’s Ties to Disreputable Furniture Delivery Company

Workers from Waldner’s Business Environments rallied outside New York Presbyterian Hospital after Waldner’s fired them and locked out their union City Council Members call on NYP to “drop Waldner’s” in Read More >>

 
 
News > July 5, 2017

Top NYC Office Furniture Company Locks Out Teamster Workers

Waldner’s Business Environments provides furniture for New York Presbyterian Hospital and other major NYC institutions After 50 years as a union company, Waldner’s kicks workers to the curb This morning, Read More >>

 
 
News > June 28, 2017

Government Orders Queens Sanitation Company to Bargain with Teamsters

Planet Waste Unlawfully Threatened and Spied-On Workers who Testified to Government Investigators about Abuses The National Labor Relations Board this week ordered a Queens sanitation company, Planet Waste, to end Read More >>

 
 
News > June 23, 2017

Clare Rose Agrees to Reopen Negotiations with Teamsters, Strike Continues

Today, Long Island beer distributor Clare Rose agreed to reopen negotiations with Teamsters Local 812 for a new contract. The two-month strike by Teamsters members will continue until a new Read More >>

 
 
News > June 22, 2017

Long Island Senator Kaminsky Sides with Clare Rose Workers

“I stand fully behind the striking workers at Clare Rose.” New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky had the following statement on the ongoing strike at Anheuser-Busch distributor Clare Rose. Workers Read More >>

 
 
News > June 21, 2017

Teamsters, Local Workers Speak Out at Legislature, Call On Long Island Pols to Help Stop “Another Clare Rose”

Suffolk County Politicians Respond by Prepping Letter of Support Will Ask Company to Bargain with, Instead of Replace Long Time Employees Yesterday afternoon, a group of Long Island workers took Read More >>

 
 
News > June 21, 2017

Broadway Producers Threaten Casting Directors, as A-List Stars Support Union Campaign

Producers call casting directors a “cartel,” threaten legal action against individual workers and their supporters for advocating for union and healthcare Despite threats, more and more stars continue to support Read More >>

 

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