Although the city spends hundreds of millions on workforce development, just 16 percent of that funding is geared towards adults between the ages of 25 and 54 who don’t receive public assistance, with nearly half of the funding going towards teens...
$1 Billion in funding would be provided to the FDNY for “critical infrastructure and equipment needs” in the fiscal year 2026 budget under a proposal released by the City Council last week. The Council’s proposed budget, an opening salvo in...
A pay and discrimination lawsuit by 13 current and former Department of Sanitation workers against the city will go ahead following a federal judge’s finding that the plaintiffs have standing under the city’s human rights law and federal...
Leadership at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in lower Manhattan recognized the union formed by around 60 employees last week, averting the need for a formal union election. A non-profit that has supported LGBTQ...
A Department of Design and Construction worker and the union that represents him alleged that he and other colleagues were being retaliated against for testifying against a superior who made them bring personal packages to the agency’s mailroom,...
Home health care nurses at CenterLight Healthcare submitted a strike notice Thursday to the long-term care provider, their union announced. The nurses’ previous pact expired last September. The New York State Nurses Association has been in...
The Trump administration fired the administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program and gutted the agency that oversees the program this week as part of its larger personnel and funding cuts across the federal government. Upon learning of...
Unions, labor advocate groups and community organizations sent a letter Friday to Governor Kathy Hochul calling on the state to increase funding at the Department of Labor in anticipation of federal cuts that could threaten workforce development...
A special prosecutor said Monday he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed man. Six correctional officers were charged with murder last month in the December death of...
Unions representing more than 5,000 workers at Columbia are demanding that the university stand up to the Trump administration’s attempts to control the university, protect students and reinstate workers that have been expelled and terminated....
The MTA will hire 300 additional unionized employees to renovate, upgrade and repair stations in the aging subway system, leadership of the MTA and the Transport Workers Union announced this week. The proposed increase in staff would be...
The New York City Department of Transportation broke city labor law when it outsourced Staten Island Ferry service to a private contractor on New Year’s Eve 2022, the Board of Collective Bargaining ruled last month. DOT, concerned...
A former chief in the Fire Department’s Bureau of Fire Prevention was sentenced to 20 months in prison and two years of supervised release for accepting more than $50,000 in bribes in exchange for expediting building inspections, the city...
President Donald Trump moved Thursday to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across the federal government, citing authority granted him under a 1978 law. The order, signed without...
Policies ordered by the Trump administration are threatening to undo progress made to close the gender and racial wage gap, advocates said at an Equal Pay Day rally. Union leaders, members of the City Council, and advocates from Legal...
Labor advocates, union members and families gathered at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place Tuesday to honor the 146 workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 114 years ago. The workers, who were predominantly Italian...
A federal appeals court has upheld a settlement outlining how the NYPD should police protests, rejecting the city’s largest police union’s challenge to the agreement. Although the Police Benevolent Association argued in their appeal that the...
The former president of a city lifeguard union and two of his deputies violated the union’s constitution, the judicial panel of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees ruled this week. But as punishment for the violations,...
Months after securing a $4.3-million settlement with the city for hundreds of FDNY fire protection inspectors who claimed they weren’t paid properly for overtime, the workers’ union is seeking a second bite of the apple. Leadership of...
Unions representing some 640,000 employees that buoy the United States Postal Service held rallies across the country last week amid what union leaders say is an unprecedented assault on the 250-year-old service by the Trump...
Resident physicians at Montefiore Medical Center have reached a tentative contract agreement that includes 18 percent raises and a housing stipend, their union, SEIU's Committee of Interns and Residents, announced this week. The tentative deal,...
On a recent Tuesday night, the hottest show at the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn wasn’t Bong Joon-ho’s new sci-fi flick “Mickey 17” or the family-friendly “Paddington in Peru.” It was arguably the two dozen Alamo workers on strike outside,...
A reduction to one law enforcement officer from two cops at a critical juncture along the 2,000-square-mile network that provides water to the city and the elimination of officers altogether at another could pose increased risks to the system, according to...
The remote-work pilot for District Council 37 members has been extended, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. The landmark pilot program, which for the first time ever allowed qualified city employees represented by DC 37 to work from home up to...
The president of the union representing FDNY EMTs and paramedics is telling New Yorkers not to join the FDNY because the city treats his members like “second class citizens.” On the 5th anniversary of the first peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in New...