Two former part-time instructors at the Queens Botanical Garden alleged that some of the instructors were terminated in retaliation for voting to unionize — and that their union did nothing to …
Laborers converged on a block on Manhattan’s Far West Side last week to hear union leaders denounce what they are calling the “anti-development” policies of special-interest groups and city …
Hundreds of union workers and officials rallied outside of City Hall on Wednesday in a show of support for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Governor Tim Walz. Since Harris …
A legislative effort to preserve city retirees’ current health-care benefits is underway, and the 250,000 former municipal workers are hopeful that this attempt will be more successful …
Birders and fans of the late celebrity owl Flaco have got a new ally in their push to make the city safer for avian creatures: The 11,000-member District Council 9 of the International Union of …
Three of the city’s municipal pension funds would divest from private funds with holdings in midstream and downstream fossil fuel facilities under a proposal announced Tuesday by city Comptroller …
Since the onset of the pandemic, employment in the health care and transportation sectors has grown statewide — but there are fewer people working in retail and government, according to a recent …
A union representing staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced its opposition last week to a proposed development on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights that, its opponents say , would cast a …
Dozens of professors and other staff with the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY were arrested Monday evening during a demonstration tied to a prolonged contract fight . More than 30 PSC members, …
The city’s taxi union and City Comptroller Brad Lander are demanding that Uber and Lyft permanently stop kicking drivers off their apps, a practice they say deliberately and unjustly diminishes …
Moving the city’s lifeguard unit to the FDNY would require the support of elected officials but could solve several problems the lifesaving service faces, according to the Independent Budget …
A former NYCHA superintendent has been convicted of federal bribery and extortion counts in connection with the wide-ranging bid-rigging scandal at the nation’s largest public housing authority, …
The Day Care Council of New York and District Council 37’s Local 205 have reached a tentative 65-month contract on behalf of educators working at dozens of nonprofit day care centers contracted …
Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. …
Throughout the international law enforcement community, retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander Vernon Geberth is known as the “Godfather of Homicide” and “the cop who wrote the book on …
In a brief, solemn ceremony in Battery Park City Tuesday morning, NYPD officers and officials paid tribute to the 42 police officers who died in recent years, many of 9/11-related illnesses. …
Family, friends, city officials and thousands of FDNY members gathered at the Firemen's Memorial on Manhattan’s Riverside Drive Oct. 9 to commemorate and honor the 14 members of the department lost …
Graduate workers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have voted in favor of unionizing. About 90 percent of the grad workers who participated in the vote supported unionizing, with 218 …
Unions have cheered the passage of City Council legislation designed to create greater accountability within the construction bidding process. The local law, which passed unanimously last …
For the first time since it was placed under administratorship over two years ago, District Council 37’s Local 1549 will hold elections for officer positions within the local. Nominations took …
Eight months before what is shaping up to be a consequential primary, two Teamsters locals have already made their choice for mayor clear. Representatives from International Brotherhood of the …
City cab drivers and their union say that proposed Taxi and Limousine Commission rules mandating that all new cabs need to be wheelchair accessible will bankrupt drivers already burdened by …
Amid concerns that a laundry cleaning company that is contracted with several health care facilities across the city has endangered workers, a City Council resolution introduced this week would …
The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is being accused by current and former workers of employing an “on-call” policy that is oppressive and unfair. Several of …
Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of …
