{"id":81,"date":"2022-04-13T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/?p=81"},"modified":"2022-04-15T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:04:49","slug":"81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/2022\/04\/13\/81\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 13, 2022:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionbuiltmatters.org\/non-union-rise-up\">Bringing Non-Union Labor Into the Fold<\/a>, <em>Union Built Matters<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local politicians who champion the Labor movement, such as Council member&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sandrafornewyork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sandra Ung<\/a>, are working to bring more of the city\u2019s non-union workers into the union fold. \u201cCasting a wider net to attract a more diverse group of workers and educate them about the benefits of union membership is key to their success,\u201d Ung told Union-Built Matters, adding that it is among her responsibilities to inform her constituents of the \u201cavenues available to them to join unions\u2014such as certifications and apprenticeships\u2014as opportunities rather than hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 13, 2022:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionbuiltmatters.org\/non-union-rise-up\">Bringing Non-Union Labor Into the Fold<\/a>, <em>Union Built Matters<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local politicians who champion the Labor movement, such as Council member&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sandrafornewyork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sandra Ung<\/a>, are working to bring more of the city\u2019s non-union workers into the union fold. \u201cCasting a wider net to attract a more diverse group of workers and educate them about the benefits of union membership is key to their success,\u201d Ung told Union-Built Matters, adding that it is among her responsibilities to inform her constituents of the \u201cavenues available to them to join unions\u2014such as certifications and apprenticeships\u2014as opportunities rather than hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/sandra-ung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}