We had an amazing and memorable 2025 Awards Dinner in September and surpassed our $45,000 fundraising goal with a final total of $48,342.85 raised! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Captain Bill’s and those who supported but weren’t able to attend! We’d also like to extend a special thanks to our dinner sponsors and all the individuals and others who made the event so special.
Much of the dinner’s focus was on transparency and accountability on LI school construction projects involving the collaboration between honorees Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and Vincent Alu of Laborers Local 66. We debuted a video that goes into detail about the exploitation currently taking place across LI as unscrupulous contractors skirt existing law to underpay their workers and expose them to unsafe conditions. Watch the video here and stay tuned for things you can do to support Project Labor Agreement Legislation that will bring union-led accountability to LI school construction!
Starbucks Workers Still Going Strong and Fighting!
Starbucks Workers United workers are ready for a fair contract and *will not* back down until they win what they deserve! Recently LIJWJ joined friends from CSEA Local 830 and others at a practice picket in Oceanside to show solidarity with local Starbucks workers.
Baristas know how best to run their stores and serve their customers! Their collective knowledge is worth many times more than the tens of millions Starbucks pays its CEO each year. The company would do well to sit down, negotiate a fair contract, and start treating their workers like partners.
Follow this link to sign the No Contract? No Coffee! pledge today and let the workers know you’re with them!! And stay tuned for more calls to action from Starbucks Workers United in the near future!!
Support Local CWA Workers!
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program was supposed to fund a major broadband expansion across New York — prioritizing strong labor standards and creating good union jobs for CWA members.
But the federal government just changed the rules — stripping labor protections and the fiber preference we fought hard to win. Now, 25% of the work — the largest portion — is being given to Elon Musk’s Starlink, 44% is going to fixed wireless, while union employers like Verizon are left building out fiber to only a handful of locations. This slashes the work our members were counting on and lines the pockets of the richest man in the world.
Take action now: Tell the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to reinstate the fiber preference and labor standards in the BEAD program.
Our Broadband Brigade — made up of CWA telecom workers across New York — has spent years pushing for reliable broadband and union job creation through BEAD. We’ve passed key legislation to ensure this work is subject to strong labor standards, pays prevailing wage, and prioritizes reliable, durable fiber technology and we secured support from county governments across New York for union employers to get this funding.
But unless we act now, those gains will be wiped out.
Petition to Restore South Shore University Hospital’s Department of Language Access Services
South Shore University Hospital’s Department of Language Access Services was abruptly closed recently in a unilateral decision made by hospital administrators. The skilled interpreters who staffed the department are 1199 SEIU members.
The closure of the department represents a deep loss for local residents and for the health professionals who serve them. This comes at a time when many immigrants and their families are experiencing heightened levels of stress due to immigration enforcement, economic instability, and the loss of critical support systems. This has had a great impact on their health and wellbeing, particularly in the Latino community, which comprises nearly half of the hospital’s patient population. It is essential that all community members be able to trust their healthcare providers and that any barriers to timely and professional service be removed. Eliminating the hospital’s interpreter unit is detrimental to maintaining that trust and to meeting those professional standards.
To let the hospital administration know you support the reinstatement of the department, and the importance it holds for the community SSUH serves, click this link or the image above and sign the petition today!
In Solidarity,
Long Island Jobs with Justice
Long Island Jobs with Justice 