Union workers on average earn more than their non-union counterparts, government data has shown. But the benefits of being in a union are felt even more greatly by workers with disabilities, …

A former girlfriend of Transport Workers Union Local 100 president Richard Davis has accused him of having punched and otherwise assaulted her, including at least once in public. According to a …

As the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas drags into its third month, more and more unions, under pressure from members concerned with the escalating …

Following a 12-day strike and a yearlong fight for a first contract, more than 500 postdoctoral researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai represented by the United Auto Workers …

District Council 37, the city’s largest public-sector union and one of its most politically powerful, is suing Mayor Eric Adams and his administration over the transfer of union members to the …

The Department of Correction, exempt from a hiring freeze because of its status as a public safety agency, is in the midst of hiring more than 1,000 officers to staff Rikers Island jails.  But …

Budget cuts imposed by the Adams administration are completely unnecessary — that was the resounding message members of the City Council, union leaders and community advocates sent during and ahead …

Declaring the city’s regulations governing sidewalk vendors stale, convoluted and even ruthless, the City Council has drawn up legislation its sponsors said would promote equitable opportunity for …

The city will hire 135 new school safety agents weeks after a 250-person class was scrapped — and just days following violent incidents at several public schools.  The new class began their …

An NYPD officer who helped her gangbanger boyfriend evade a murder rap and members of a violent Bronx street gang to elude capture pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of obstructing an …

Scabby the Rat made an appearance outside City Hall on Wednesday, standing alongside City Council staffers demanding a first contract.  The inflatable rodent’s appearance marked the fifth …

The head of the Uniformed Firefighters Association sounded the alarm Monday regarding the removal this weekend of a fifth firefighter from 20 engine companies citywide. Andy Ansbro, the UFA's …

A former NYPD officer faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting his participation in a massive drug trafficking operation that eventually imported hundreds of kilos of cocaine from Mexico and …

Sanitation workers have ratified a 50-month deal that will bring them raises of nearly 19 percent over the life of the agreement. Of the 3,124 members of Teamsters Local 831, the Uniformed …

Members of the Professional Staff Congress and education advocates rallied Saturday for a contract and increased funding for the City University of New York and railed against continuing cuts to the …

City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to expand his office’s ability to hold unscrupulous employers accountable for illegal wage theft, retaliation and other forms of worker exploitation by broadening …

Amid a surge in students from families seeking asylum, the city public school system is looking to address a shortage of bilingual educators while members of the City Council and other advocates are …

Whether it’s the flooding of basement apartments in the outer boroughs, deadly blizzards in Buffalo, heatwaves on Long Island or wildfire smoke blanketing skies across the state, New Yorkers have …

Later this month, more than 600 police officer recruits will conclude their academy training and join the NYPD. If convention is any guide, the rookie cops’ first assignment will be to patrol Times …

The nation’s wildland firefighters have once more been left to hang.  Although the roughly 19,000 federal firefighters last year received substantial pay bumps of either $20,000 or 50 percent …

A city law barring discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on an individual’s weight or height took effect last week and was universally praised by members of the City …

Months after 300 workers at a trading card retailer owned by eBay voted to unionize, the e-commerce giant removed language from its human rights policy statement that committed the company to honor …

Postdoctoral workers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who have been in negotiations for a first contract for more than a year, have set a Dec. 6 strike date. The Sinai Postdoctoral …

When the day is done for the tens of thousands people working in offices in the Empire State Building, at One World Trade Center, Hudson Yards and hundreds of other buildings in the city, cleaning …

Amid a rising number of on-the-job assaults of FDNY EMTs and paramedics, the City Council is considering two bills that would mandate that the department provide every member of their EMS services …