As part of the budget cuts imposed by Mayor Eric Adams in the last two years, the FDNY has trimmed its overtime spending, instituted a partial hiring freeze and, most drastically, terminated …

Warehouse workers nationwide would no longer have to meet speed quotas and employers would have to establish national ergonomic standards, according to legislation introduced by Congressional …

Pregnant bus operators suing New York City Transit for allegedly failing to provide them with reasonable accommodations urged the authority to address the issue. During a MTA board meeting Tuesday, …

A former Brewster cop has been sentenced to three years in prison for protecting members of two Queens-based prostitution businesses from law enforcement in exchange for sex, which he occasionally …

Since students at Columbia University set up an encampment at their Morningside Heights campus last month to demand that the school sever its financial ties with Israel, hundreds of students at …

James Mager was a born and bred New Yorker. The youngest of six children, raised in the Bronx, he followed in the steps of his father, an FDNY lieutenant, and joined the department in his late …

Amid a changing of the guard in the top leadership of the United Auto Workers last spring, several dozen staff organizers formed an independent staff union hoping to secure a collective bargaining …

Nail salon workers are more likely to experience reproductive health issues and pregnancy complications, a recent report from the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition found. A survey of more than …

An increase in the incidence of a rat-borne disease in city residents, among them Department of Sanitation workers, has officials concerned even as mitigation methods appear to show that the …

Women of color are bearing the brunt of the municipal pay gap and will continue to do so unless the city intervenes, a recent report and hearing by the City Council found. The phenomenon of …

Hundreds of security guards and officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ assembled near Bryant Park Thursday afternoon to demand contracts that reflect what they …

Many among the 43 New Yorkers who died on the job in the past year were Latino.  That’s in line with national trends, which showed that Latinos were most at risk of dying in the workplace, …

Fire protection inspectors at the FDNY won a long-sought 25-year retirement pension option that will enable many inspectors to retire earlier than before, according to a provision included in the …

A staffing company must pay more than $2.7 million to more than 300 temporary clerical employees working at several NYC Health + Hospitals facilities for misclassifying the workers, according to a …

In a long-sought triumph for public-sector unions, state lawmakers and Governor Kathy Hochul have instituted changes to the Tier 6 retirement plan they said will make it easier to attract people to …

Workers from New York City converged on a hotel outside of Chicago last weekend for the Labor Notes Conference, a gathering of workers, organizers and retirees from around the world held every two …

With the NYPD’s headcount at a generational low and officer departures still running high, Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday announced the restoration of two police academy classes that had been …

City Council members have voiced concerns about the increased amount of time it is taking the city to conduct and close Fair Workweek investigations. During a hearing of the Council’s Consumer and …

Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW's renewed effort to organize …

“We weren’t prepared for that day,” said Jerome Bridges, an employee at a Buffalo grocery store where 10 people were shot and killed on May 14, 2022. “That day was horrible for me. I still …

Workers at the New York City Housing Authority will be able to telework up to two days a week, according to an agreement between NYCHA and District Council 37 that ends a years-long dispute between …

A former NYPD cop pleaded guilty Tuesday to a narcotics conspiracy charge for selling more than a kilo of heroin and nearly a pound of fentanyl to a confidential source over three occasions, …

Fewer officers left the NYPD in the first quarter this year than the record number of departures clocked in recent years but retirements and resignations remain above recent norms, leaving the …

The New York State court system has announced the establishment of a task force that will assess how artificial intelligence can help or harm the justice system. The Advisory Committee on Artificial …

High-ranking fire protection inspectors at the FDNY are conducting after-hours inspections without being properly compensated because of cuts to the department’s overtime budget, leaders of the …