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The tracks and stations under the World Trade Center were shut down within minutes of the first plane crash. All remaining New York City Subway service was suspended from 10:20 a.m. to 12:48 p.m. [ 2 ] Immediately after the attacks and more so after the collapses of the Twin Towers, many trains running in Lower Manhattan lost power and had to ...
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The effort paid off: Thanks to new shop workers, IA membership grew from almost 88,000 in 1954, to more than 102,000 in 1958, to 111,000 in 1962, a 26 percent increase in less than 10 years' time. By 1970, the union counted over 150,000 members – a high-point in SMWIA history.
The affiliation shut down the port for weeks following the end of World War I. [4] [5] [6] The strike began January 9 and paused on January 13 for arbitration. It then resumed March 4 after workers rejected the National War Labor Board ruling and ended on April 20, 1919, after new terms had been offered by both public and private port employers.
The top-tier hourly wage of $39 for longshoremen amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers can make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.
Extinction Rebellion protesters said they “shut down” New York City's Guggenheim Art Museum on Sunday 19 November. Climate activists gathered at the Rotunda inside the museum, and were seen ...
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Earlier this week, it was reported that Tesla workers in the company's Buffalo, New York Autopilot facility had sent a letter to CEO Elon Musk stating their attention to unionize. Now, organizers ...