Flushing Workers Center News Today

The speaker pro tempore was instrumental in repealing the Rockefeller drug laws and building a performing arts center to honor Louis Armstrong.

After her November town hall on Steve Cohen’s proposal for a casino and several other amenities next to Citi Field in November, state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) said she

DEVASTATING FIRE IN WOODSIDE; 9 INJURED: A massive fire on 59th Street in Woodside on Tuesday, March 7 resulted in 200-plus-person response, 9 injured firefighters and 18 displaced residents. Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris issued this statement following a fire that injured nine FDNY firefighters and displaced eighteen area residents: “Last night’s devastating fire caused

About 50 to 60 community members rallied outside on the steps of Flushing Public Library on Friday, March 3, voicing their opposition to Mets owner Steve

Seven workers' organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3 million Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted of the state having recovered for workers last year. A preliminary version of this data has been shared with City Limits.

The award is the result of years of arbitration between health care union 1199SEIU and home care agencies – but some labor organizers say it isn’t enough money to pay back wages.

Kim accuses the Chinese-American Planning Council of rampant wage theft—and, in coordination with 1199SEIU, of blocking workers’ access to the courts.

Rampant wage theft was already supposed to have been dealt with. Last year, a coalition of workers’ centers, elected officials, and activists rallied around the Securing Wages Earned Against Theft Bill (SWEAT), which proponents say would give workers more power to fight back against exploitative employers.

Subscribe Documented Original West African hair braiding salons in Harlem were a one-stop shop for advice between hair braiders and clients before the pandemic hit. But like many businesses throughout New York City that closed, the hair braiding profession, which is largely staffed by West African women, has found it difficult to recover even though workers have been allowed to return to work. Mariam, from Gambia, had been braiding hair full-time in Harlem for 23 years until Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...