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Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, SEIU’s third-party network administrator, told the health plan that its administration agreement would be affected following the resolution of Empire’s own contract dispute with New York-Presbyterian.

Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the ...

Essential workers to be honored at landmark 125th annual event; Banker Alan Wiener to receive Lifetime Achievement award

The measure is meant to boost labor protections for those who work in the gig economy, but labor says it falls short.

“I’m not looking to tweak anything. That bill is garbage,” Sen. Jessica Ramos said.

Yves here. Take your hats off to my former Communist home. New York’s citizens beat Amazon’s effort to locate in Queens, which would quickly have rendered a remaining relatively low-rent, close proximity borough much less affordable. And now they are opposing a corporate Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure. Guess its backers thought no one would read the small print. Or that deliveristas might be a force to be reckoned with, and win the support of the building workers union.. O...

Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The fate of a state proposal that would allow some app-based gig workers to join a union is in doubt after key players, including a collective of food delivery workers, came out against the measure Tuesday. Los Deliveristas Unidos — a group of mainly immigrant food delivery couriers — and service workers union 32BJ SEIU announced they oppose the effort, which would grant workers some bargaining power but shop short of reclassifying them as employees entitled to full...

In New York, a Wait-and-See Attitude Even With a Reopening Businesses will begin to reopen in weeks, but in residential buildings, no one seems quite ready to abandon pandemic protocols. Last year, the staff at 150 West 58th Street routinely sanitized packages outdoors before delivering them to residents. That precaution may — or may not be — a thing of the past very soon.Credit...Robert Wright for The New York Times By Joanne Kaufman May 6, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET On Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuom...

05/03/21 Jon L. Gelman NJ Governor Phil Murphy on Friday signed the Healthy Terminals Act (S989) which creates new minimum wage and benefits requirements for certain Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Newark Liberty International Train Station workers. The legislation will expand access to livable wages and affordable health care for workers at the airport and train station who often cannot afford employer-provided health care plans. “For a long time, we have heard the concerns an...

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