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 …
Nearly 32,000 employees working for New Jersey’s executive branch are in line for raises of almost 15 percent over the life of a four-year contract, according to terms negotiated between state …
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, …
Members of the Public Employees Federation, which represents 50,000 state employees, marched from Albany Hilton to Empire State Plaza last week to raise awareness about bullying and harassment on the …
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 …
Following the deaths of a retired firefighter and a former emergency medical technician last week, the number of FDNY members who have died as a result of 9/11-related illnesses now equals the number …
Dozens of unionized editorial employees at Fortune participated in a lunchtime walkout Thursday to protest management’s decision to force editorial employees back into the office three days a week …
The sky-blue and white barge anchored off Hunts Point in the fall of 1992 following its maiden voyage from a Louisiana shipyard. Its stay was supposed to be temporary. But it would soon earn a …
Detectives’ Endowment Association board officers last week unveiled a plaque at the union’s Thomas Street headquarters honoring the late Louis Matarazzo, who was the union’s legislative …
The Communication Workers of America Local 1180 and the Adams administration have reached a tentative contract agreement that, in addition to providing raises, would establish a flexible work …
FDNY EMTs and paramedics who have aged out of eligibility for the firefighter promotional exam in the three years since the 2020 exam was canceled could get a chance to take the test later this year …
A growing number of teens getting arrested citywide led to a nearly 35-percent spike in the number of youth residing in the city’s juvenile detention centers in Fiscal Years 2023 compared to a year …
