Only one group of workers at the fast casual restaurant chain Chipotle have voted to unionize. The company, though, has drawn scrutiny from federal regulators for closing a separate unionizing …
The manicures may be pretty, but the nail salon industry is looking pretty rough, workers and advocates say. “Other than getting a wage, we really don’t have any other protection,” said Shweta …
In October 2017, James Cahill, then the president of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council, called it his duty to ensure the well-being of laborers. "It’s important to …
For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, someone other than Patrick J. Lynch will be leading the nation’s largest municipal police union come July 1. But despite announcing a few …
NYPD officers Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera, who were ambushed and killed after responding to a 911 call, and the rookie cop who took down the gunman were honored Wednesday, along with six others, by …
Three days after staff at the Growing Up Green Charter elementary school in Long Island City voted to unionize, the school’s leadership decided not to renew nine of the educators’ contracts and …
Tim Geraghty first donned the uniform of the FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums in 2007, nearly a decade after he became an FDNY firefighter and more than 30 years from when his father Edward …
Ibrahima Gory has been ferrying passengers by car through the five boroughs and beyond since 1994. Just a few months ago, Gory, who started by driving a yellow cab but now works with Uber, …
About 300 residents employed by the MediSys Health Network at Jamaica and Flushing Hospitals reached a tentative contract deal at midnight Monday, just hours before they were set to go on strike. If …
Faculty, students and elected officials are urging the mayor and the City Council to reverse proposed budget cuts to the City University of New York and instead pump more money into the public …
For years, executives with JM3 Construction, a New Jersey-based non-union firm, employed workers and subcontractors to put up drywall and do related carpentry work on government-subsidized affordable …
Nearly 300 resident physicians at two hospitals in Queens could go on strike May 15 if they don’t make significant progress towards reaching a contract, with residents at a third hospital in the …
Ed Seabron became a NYPD traffic enforcement agent in 2000, joining District Council 37’s Local 983 and working for more than 20 years as a city tow truck driver. But in May 2021, Seabron …
Several FDNY officials have joined an age discrimination lawsuit filed against Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the latest twist in an ongoing conflict between Kavanagh and top department officials who …
Warehouse workers at the massive JFK-8 Amazon facility on Staten Island voted to unionize in April 2022, but in the year since the landmark vote, not a single bargaining session toward a first …
The federal monitoring team that oversees conditions at Horizon Juvenile Detention Center raised concerns that high turnover among staff has made it difficult to implement measures aimed at curbing …
Workers took to the streets of New York City Monday May 1 to celebrate May Day, the internationally recognized holiday that highlights the labor movement and the achievements and struggles of workers …
Construction worker Jeremy Rozan, 34, was painting support beams over the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, which runs over the Van Wyck Expressway, when he fell into oncoming traffic and was killed last …
New York’s lawmakers are continuing their crackdown on lithium-ion batteries used in electric micro-mobility devices, but FDNY leadership has expressed reservations about one bill recently proposed …
The man convicted of brutally killing Emergency Medical Technician Yadira Arroyo six years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday.Jose Gonzalez, 31, was given the maximum …
The federal government should follow the examples of several cities and states to attract more women and people of color to jobs in the construction trades and in climate-related sectors, according …
Alongside firefighters, police officers and other first responders, Philip Ronnie Shpiller toiled at the World Trade Center site in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, working through …
The United Federation of Teachers is continuing its push for a contract that includes raises and addresses an increase in administrative tasks that educators say is taking time away from teaching …
For the first time in nearly seven years, the city’s rank-and-file cops will be getting a raise. The 22,000 members of the Police Benevolent Association this week overwhelmingly ratified an …
Staff at the Hispanic Society of America in Washington Heights have been on strike since March 27, after a year and half of talks on a first contract with museum management failed to produce an …