The union representing about 260 workers and the National Audubon Society have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a planned employee walkout that had been scheduled for three days last …
Two former FDNY chiefs were arrested Monday on charges that they solicited nearly $200,000 dollars in bribes between 2021 and 2023 in exchange for providing building owners and property developers …
Federal labor law is the groundwork that guarantees workers will get a fair shake in the workplace, and it’s that foundation that has guided Jennifer Abruzzo during her tenure as the National Labor …
First responders suffering from illnesses related to the September 11th terrorist attacks could finally learn what the city knew about the toxic cloud that lingered above ground zero for months after …
A former city Department of Education official was sentenced to two years in prison following his conviction on corruption and bribery charges for trading payments from a food vendor in return for …
As designers debuted their spring-summer 2025 collections on the runways during New York Fashion Week, a recently published report found that the city’s fashion industry has lost about 30 percent …
Dozens of former city Department of Environmental Police Division officers are being denied back pay because they left the agency before the ratification of a lengthy retroactive contract between …
Staff organizers in the United Auto Workers have filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union after it declined to renew the employment of one outspoken organizer. The UAW Region 9A …
Overall crime citywide declined for the eighth straight month in August, with killings and shootings in particular decreasing significantly compared to a year earlier, according to the NYPD. …
Auto manufacturers will no longer be able to unilaterally set pay rates for mechanics repairing cars covered by a warranty, according to legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul this week. …
Amazon, Panda Express, Chipotle, Uber and Lyft are among businesses with the worst record of labor law violations in the city, according to an “Employer Wall of Shame” unveiled Labor Day by City …
Forty years ago, John J. Murphy joined the family trade. Initiated into membership of what was then Local 2 of the United Association, Murphy was following a path trod by his great-grandfather, …
In an uncontested delegate election last month, Lee Saunders and Elissa McBride, the president and secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, …
City probation officers have overwhelmingly approved a contract with pay increases that conform to the civilian pattern but also includes considerable back payments and lump-sum ratification …
In April, a month before UPS eliminated the overnight sorting shift at its massive hub in Maspeth, Queens, around 120 full-time warehouse workers were given a choice: they could take on fewer hours …
The surge of union organizing that started during the Covid pandemic hasn’t stopped — and those efforts have been mostly successful, according to a recent report by CUNY’s School of Labor and …
There is no time on the political calendar when organized labor’s benediction is more sought out than when the presidential race enters its homestretch. With just …
Mario Cilento was unanimously re-elected to another four-year term Tuesday as president of the New York State AFL-CIO by the federation's delegates. The federation represents 2.5 million …
The right of temporary agricultural workers in New York State to organize has been upheld by the Public Employment Relations Board. In a series of five decisions issued Aug. 15, PERB also …
When it comes to achieving raises and improving working conditions in the classroom, teacher strikes get a passing grade, a recent study found. Researchers analyzed 772 teacher strikes between 2007 …
The union representing physicians in the city’s public hospital system has slammed a decision by NYC Health + Hospitals to cut visit times for new patients starting this fall. Last week, NYC Health …
Staffers at Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union are seeking to unionize with the NewsGuild, following in the footsteps of staff at the union’s health care local, Local …
Unionized workers at the National Audubon Society have announced that they will go on strike next month. The Bird Union, which represents about 260 workers at the New York City-based conservation …
Alton Scott, an MTA conductor, needed 34 stitches to close the wound that just missed his artery after he was slashed by an assailant at the A train’s Rockaway Avenue subway station in February. In …
Fewer invasive species will be culled, trails in natural areas will become overgrown and wetlands and natural forests across the city will go unmanaged, workers and open-space advocates have said …