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New York City Central Labor Council ( NYCCLC) is the largest local labor membership organization under the direction of the national AFL–CIO. Founded in 1959 the NYCCLC represents over 400 local New York City unions in both the public and private sectors of the New York economy. [2] Of the 11 million total workers represented by the AFL–CIO ...
By the mid-1990s, Labor Militant became part of a campaign to form the Labor Party where it was in the leadership of the New York Metro Chapter. The New York Metro Chapter, the largest in the country, saw Labor Militant and its allies run again for the leadership of the chapter under the United Action slate only to be defeated in an Executive ...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. [ 1] The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and girls and 23 men [ 2] – who ...
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. . Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by John L. Lewis, a leader of the United Mine Workers (UMW), and called the Committee for Industrial Orga
Organizers persuaded New York's MTA to run extra subway trains after midnight on August 28, and the New York City bus terminal was busy throughout the night with peak crowds. [57] A total of 450 buses left New York City from Harlem. Maryland police reported that "by 8:00 a.m., 100 buses an hour were streaming through the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel."
Governing Board Meeting, 10 June 2007, New York City, USA (Election of Ronald S. Lauder as WJC president) [305] 13th Plenary Assembly, 26–27 January 2009, Jerusalem [306] 14th Plenary Assembly, 5–7 May 2013, Budapest, Hungary [179] Special Plenary Assembly, 15–17 March 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina [307]
District Council 37. DC 37 Health Center on Chambers Street. / 40.71470; -74.01304. District Council 37 (also known as DC37) is New York City's largest public sector employee union, representing over 150,000 members. [ 1] It’s important to note that DC37 may not represent retirees, because the Taylor Law prohibits public sector unions from ...
The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City's United Federation of Teachers. It began with a one day walkout in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.