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Central New York Labor Council to hold demonstration at Senators Schumer and Gillibrand’s Syracuse district offices.

For Immediate Release:

July 20, 2021

In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their losses were far less severe than those of Hispanic men and women.

This month, Union Plus launched a new Retiree Healthcare Program in partnership with Anthem and the AFL-CIO Mutual Benefit Trust.

Union Plus offers a variety of hardship benefits to union members and our families, including grants for eligible union members who participate in certain Union Plus programs. An expansion of hardship benefits took effect on July 1, 2021.

Relying on their respective faiths that mandate justice for working people, more than 390 religious leaders have joined together to support the PRO Act.