Following a federal judge’s certification of a class-action complaint brought by FDNY fire protection inspectors regarding salaries, the inspectors and labor leaders are now calling for more …

Inmates in city jails could soon have the opportunity to apply for civil-service jobs.Legislation sponsored by Speaker Adrienne Adams would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, …

The city’s private businesses will no longer have to require their employees to be vaccinated against Covid, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday, a pronouncement seized on by the heads of several …

When the alarm rang, Grant Billingsley lifted his head from between his hands, pushed himself up from the cold floor tiles and returned to his desk. Waking up in the second-floor bathroom stall of …

Council Member Tiffany Cabán plans to introduce “Universal Just Cause” legislation that would protect workers, regardless of union status, from egregious at-will firings. The measure would …

Despite the city’s recent $20 million settlement with Chipotle Mexican Grill for violating workers’ rights to stable schedules under the Fair Workweek Law, the burrito chain has continued unfair …

FDNY union leadership are uneasy about Mayor Adams’ recently announced directive compelling city agencies to cut their budgets by 8 percent within two years. Oren Barzilay, the president of …

“It definitely is a frustrating aspect of our jobs — that Starbucks is marketing themselves as being an ethical company while we’re being pretty ruthlessly exploited,” said Jacob Welsh, a …

Farmworkers in New York State will have their overtime thresholds incrementally reduced from 60 hours to 40 hours over a decade should Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon sign off on recommendations …

The Adams administration has enlisted the City Council in its so-far frustrated bid to switch retirees to a cost-saving Medicare Advantage plan. 

Mayor Eric Adams has ordered city agencies to slash their budgets by nearly 8 percent over the next two years — three days after the City Council held a hearing about the city’s difficulties …

A bill making its way through the City Council has split the ranks of Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, with union officials criticizing the legislation and rank-and-file …

Mayor Eric Adams and the city schools chancellor announced plans to train 650 school safety agents throughout the coming school year — and a possible pathway for safety agents and other civilian …

Workers at a John Catsimatidis-owned oil company who were fired after they went on strike last year must be offered their jobs back, according to a settlement between the firm and the National Labor …

Martin Vazquez, 39, held out his hand out for his wife Sofia, 37, as she stepped out of a pedicab on Central Park South on Labor Day. The married couple of eight years consciously chose for their …

We’re number one. Amid a recent wave of organizing campaigns across the country, New York City had the highest rate of newly-unionized private-sector workers, according to a recent report.Between …

A former NYPD cop was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for striking a Washington, D.C., police officer with a flagpole during the violent Jan. 6 takeover of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of …

Much has changed since Frank Ciccone joined the ranks of what was then the New York City Housing Authority Police Department. Call them the bad old days. Despite recent headlines suggesting …

A number of NYPD officers are suing the city, claiming that officials’ responses to their requests for religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate were a sham. The suits, filed in Manhattan …

The city is moving to terminate more than 1,000 educators and dozens of firefighters who have failed to comply with coronavirus vaccine requirements.About 1,300 unvaccinated public-school employees …

The City University of New York has seen a 40 percent reduction in campus peace officers and campus security assistants, leaving campuses vulnerable. Prior to the pandemic, CUNY staffed about …

Staten Island Ferry engineers should be getting paid the same as mariners working similar jobs on open-sea cargo vessels, according to findings by an administrative law judge, a decision that could …

He was lauded for his performance as a union delivery truck driver turned mob hitman in Martin Scorsese’s 2019 period epic, “The Irishman.” But Robert De Niro is getting no plaudits from …

Despite ever-increasing demand for mental-health services in city public schools, more than a quarter do not have a social worker on staff, the state comptroller’s office has found. Last fall, …

The city is launching a training initiative that will provide opportunities for low-income residents in long-term careers in the construction and industrial sectors.The program, called the New York …