NYPD detectives have overwhelmingly ratified a five-year contract agreement with the city that secures a nearly 19-percent compounded pay raise through the life of the deal. The contract, …
An NYPD cop and her boyfriend were arrested Thursday on federal narcotics distribution charges and related conspiracy counts for selling more than a kilo of heroin and nearly a pound of fentanyl to a …
Postdoctoral workers at Columbia University, who have been bargaining for a contract with the Ivy League research university for nearly six months, have set a Nov. 1 strike date, their union …
The state is doubling down on a planned expansion of the renewable energy industry and an accompanying spike in jobs despite a decision by the state’s Public Service Commission to deny requests for …
Dozens of yellow cab, Lyft and Uber drivers queued up during a City Council committee hearing last week to implore city lawmakers for help in easing what for some are significant financial …
If you’ve been a regular at Rockaway’s beaches over the last several years, you may have been startled by the large crowd of beachgoers that gathered in the late afternoon of July 31 on the 106 …
Fix Tier 6. That’s the resounding message labor advocates and leaders of the state’s largest public-sector unions sent to state legislators during a Wednesday hearing on recruitment and retention …
New York’s labor movement joined together in remembrance at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place in Greenwich Village Wednesday for the dedication of a permanent memorial to the 146 …
“The average Council staffer works over 600 hours of unpaid overtime a year. That is absolutely wrong,” Daniel Kroop, president of the Association of Legislative Employees, said at an …
Staff at a popular chain of board game cafés in Manhattan said they are done playing games with management. After a nine-month organizing campaign, the workers at Hex & Company marched on their …
Yellow cab drivers fear that the imposition of congestion-pricing fees to the starting taxi fare could lead to the demise of their industry. Stung by the invasion of app-based for-hire vehicles …
Real estate developers would be required to pay prevailing wages to construction workers employed on city projects that have large public subsidies, according to legislation being pushed by members …
This story has been updated to include information on services and additional tributes. The former head of the Captains Endowment Association, Roy Richter, has died. Richter, who was 56, is …
When Franklyn “Bubba” Paige, the longtime president of District Council 37’s Lifeguards Local 461, was removed by its national union in 2020 for disenfranchising his members, rank and file …
The Sioni Group, the new owner of a 19-story Midtown office building, fired six longtime unionized cleaners without notice the same day the purchase was finalized in early September. The …
Like many who work a trade, Kyle Viverito sings on the job. You could say he has an electric voice. But that wouldn’t do him or it justice. Viverito, classically trained since he was in his …
From late winter to early spring, hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes layover along Nebraska’s Central Platte River Valley on their journey to their northern nesting grounds. One vital …
Members of the City Council expressed fears during a Tuesday hearing that the staffing woes plaguing the city’s municipal workforce could be exacerbated by the recent budget cuts and hiring freeze …
Alleging she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, a longtime employee of the New York City Fire Pension Fund is suing him and two other pension fund officials, including the chief officer of its …
City public schools have lost more than 2,500 teachers over the past five years — with the least experienced teachers being the most likely to leave the job, the city’s Independent Budget Office …
FDNY emergency medical personnel hoping to join the city's Bravest but who aged-out of eligibility since the pandemic-era 2020 exam was canceled will get a one-time waiver to take the October test, …
Blend in remote work with productivity demands and then add off-hour texts, calls and emails and you have a perfect recipe for burnout. City workers, though, could soon be given the explicit …
Fall opening night of New York City Ballet is a touchstone event on the cultural calendar. This year, though, the occasion arrived with undertones of discontent after members of the company’s …
Jeffrey Purcell has been working at the Stellantis parts distribution center in Tappan, New York, for more than a decade, helping to ensure that Jeep, Chrysler and Ram dealerships in the area have …
Shaun Francois, the president of District Council 37's Local 372 has been re-elected to a fourth term — but three challengers have filed protest letters alleging that the election, a re-run of a …