Mar. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After a “clandestine” monthslong organizing campaign, workers at Nitehawk Cinema’s Prospect Park location voted to unionize last weekend in a two-day election.
Mar. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After a “clandestine” monthslong organizing campaign, workers at Nitehawk Cinema’s Prospect Park location voted to unionize last weekend in a two-day election.
Feb. 29, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper February might be the shortest month of the year (even on a Leap Year), but what it lacked in days it more than made up for in news. Over the past month, Brooklynites have rallied for their rights and much-needed local infrastructure, celebrated the culture of Kings County, and…
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Feb. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Workers at a Park Slope Starbucks location – along with hundreds of their colleagues around the country — filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday morning.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Workers at Brooklyn’s beloved Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park marched into a managers’ meeting on Tuesday and announced their intention to unionize.
Jan. 23, 2024 By Jada Camille
Tenants of a Crown Heights apartment who got their building owner ousted from management are fighting to take control of their dwelling, and on Tuesday rallied against the former slumlord’s lack of repairs — and slow action from the city since his removal.
Dec. 28, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
At about 1 a.m. on Thursday morning, the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations and 32BJ SEIU union members — who represent 17,000 of New York City’s commercial building cleaners — reached a tentative contract agreement ahead of the current contract’s Dec. 31 expiration date.
Nov. 9, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Contract negotiations between tens of thousands of unionized building service workers and their employers started with a bang on Thursday as hundreds of cleaners, porters, and handypersons rallied in downtown Manhattan.
Jul. 28, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Members of the Brooklyn Defender Services union held a lunchtime picket on Wednesday as they remain without a contract nearly two years after they successfully unionized.
Jul. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Following several months of negotiation and organization, the National Labor Relations Board has certified that workers at Vital Climbing Gym in Williamsburg are now an officially recognized union, Climbers United.
Jun. 30, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Over 100 employees at Brooklyn’s popular Vital Climbing Gym have begun the process of unionization to work to ensure that employees’ needs are being met.