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The International Longshoremen's Association ( ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
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 ...
Gary LaBarbera is an American labor leader. [1] He served as president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC) since 2009 and was elected president of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council in 2021. [2] [1] He is also the founder and chairman of NYC Helmets to Hardhats, a non-profit that ...
Brian M. McLaughlin is a former American Democratic politician and labor leader from Flushing, Queens . McLaughlin was a New York Assemblyman elected in 1992 to represent the 25th district in New York City. He was also elected, in June 1995, as the President of the Council on New York Labor. McLaughlin was arrested October 17, 2006, on charges ...
1935: Negro Labor Committee. 1936: American Labor Party. 1936: Negro Actors Guild of America formed. 1937: New York City department store strikes. 1944: District Council 37. 1945: Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union strike. 1946: New York City tugboat strike of 1946. 1949: Calvary Cemetery strike.
Working America is the political organizing arm of the AFL–CIO. [3] Its membership is made up of non- union individuals. [1] It is the largest non-union workers' group in the United States, with a self-reported membership of 3.2 million individuals. [2] Working America advocates for progressive policy issues.
Foner, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 3: The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900–1909. New York: International Publishers, 1964. ISBN 0-7178-0093-8; Maurice F. Neufeld. "Structure and Government of the AFL–CIO." Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 9:3 (April 1956).
The local is new, by trades-union standards, having been formed in 2011 via a merger of three independent locals - Local 106 of Albany, New York, Local 545 of Syracuse, New York, and Local 832 of Rochester, New York. Local 158, now comprising three united but semi-autonomous districts is led by Business Manager Jonathan Lanse, and based out of ...