Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Weill Cornell Workers Successfully Vote to Form a Union with the TWU

Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

Custodians, housekeepers and receiving clerks at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City successfully organized with Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 241. 

Workers at the medical facility will begin negotiating a first contract, seeking improved economic benefits and more security. Local 241 represents workers at Columbia University and other affiliated institutions in New York City.  

“This is a great victory for working families in New York City. We are ready and excited to work with Weill Cornell custodians, housekeepers, and receiving clerks to negotiate a first contract that improves the lives of workers and their families,” said TWU International President John Samuelsen.  

“We are proud to represent Weill Cornell workers as they negotiate their first contract. This organizing victory is a testament to what TWU locals and the International can achieve when we coordinate effectively,” Local 241 President Alex Molina said.

Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:22

Happy Election Day, Kenneth! Go Vote for Harris-Walz

Democracy is at the heart of America’s labor movement—and now it’s time to cast our votes.

We’ve still got a ton of work to do for Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and our pro-union candidates up and down the ballot before the polls close tonight. We all know this election will be close. Your voice truly can make the difference.

• Make a plan to vote! Start by looking up your polling location.
• Learn more about which pro-worker candidates have been endorsed by the AFL-CIO.
• Learn about your state’s voting rules.

If you have any problems voting or see something strange at your polling location, contact our Election–Voter Protection Hotline:

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Once you’ve voted, please tell all your friends and remind them to vote, too. Send a text or email. Post on your favorite social media account. Make a call to check in. If you find someone who needs a ride or a babysitter, please pitch in and help.

And if you have some spare time today, grab your phone and make calls to our key union contacts in battleground states, reminding them to vote. You don’t even need to leave your desk or couch.

Unions know how to get things done. Let’s go win big.

Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:04