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Mayor-Elect Mamdani appointed Jahmila Edwards as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Catherine Almonte Da Costa as Director of Appointments. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell With simply weeks to go earlier than he takes workplace, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appointed longtime union chief Jahmila Edwards as his new Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Edwards, who has served as a prime chief at District Council 37 for over a decade, will work to garner help for Mamdani’s insurance policies with metropolis, state and federal officers. “When we are in City Hall, I will turn to Jahmila to help us build the coalitions we…

A variety of drivers at Amazon’s DBK1 facility in Woodside joined Teamsters representatives and elected officers to demand union recognition, with some employees refusing to rule out a strike if their calls for will not be met. Greater than 200 drivers on the DBK1 warehouse introduced final week that they’re unionizing with Teamsters Native 804 in a bid to safe higher working circumstances on the facility. Greater than 10,000 Amazon employees throughout 5 states have additionally signaled intentions to hitch the union, in response to Teamsters. Photograph by Shane O’Brien Amazon, nonetheless, pushed again strongly, stating that it doesn’t acknowledge…