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High court greenlights Medicare switch FREE

In a significant setback for city retirees, the state’s highest court has given the green light to the Adams administration’s plan to shift 250,000 former municipal workers to a cost-saving Medicare Advantage plan. In a unanimous decision,...

EMS workers could get added protections FREE

A bill aimed at improving safety for EMS workers and named for an FDNY EMS officer who was fatally stabbed in the line of duty passed both the State Assembly and State Senate last week. The bill named for Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, a 24-year...

State troopers union lauds passage of paid leave bill FREE

State legislators have passed a bill that would establish a critical leave policy for state police officers involved in dangerous use of force incidents. The bill, which has passed in both the state Assembly and the Senate, would provide troopers...

Legislation spotlights cops’ mental well-being

As families and police agencies in New York State contend with an uptick in officer suicides, lawmakers have passed legislation that would establish confidentiality provisions in a formalized mental-health support program run by cops...

Drop in city workers' retaliation claims alarms Council FREE

Although in recent years the city has increased the number of corruption prevention trainings given to municipal employees, the number of workers alleging retaliation for whistleblowing or who have received whistleblower protection is alarmingly...

MTA's OT champ earned over $500k in total pay last year

Nearly two dozen MTA workers collected over $200,000 in overtime alone last year, with one worker at the authority topping $308,000 in just OT, bringing his total salary to more than $500,000, according to an analysis of the authority payroll data...

Lander's campaign staff secures union contract

Workers on Comptroller Brad Lander’s campaign for Mayor have unionized with the Campaign Workers Guild and agreed to a contract with the mayoral candidate securing a salary floor, a healthcare stipend, limits on hours staffers can work and...

Court officers stabbed at a Manhattan courthouse

A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of two officers working security inside Manhattan criminal court on Monday, a court spokesperson said. The uniformed court officers had been assigned to the magnetometer in the southern...

Board game cafe workers get first contract

Workers at five different tabletop board game cafés in Manhattan and Brooklyn reached a tentative agreement with management for a first union contract late last month after a year and a half of bargaining. The agreement covers nearly 100 workers...

Layoffs at NY-Presbyterian draw unions' ire

Healthcare workers affected by planned layoffs at NewYork-Presbyterian protested the cuts at a press conference this week. Members of the New York State Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU and Communications Workers of America Local 1104 rallied near...

Central Labor Council’s Alvarez leaving post

The longtime president of the New York City Central Labor Council, Vincent Alvarez, is stepping down from the role at the end of the month. Alvarez, who has led the nation's largest regional labor federation for the last 14 years, has...

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KIPP charter purposely stalled first contract: NLRB

After three-and-a-half years negotiating a first contract, an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board determined that KIPP Academy Charter School engaged in bad faith bargaining by purposely stalling the bargaining...

‘Everybody stood up’: Why a union leader’s arrest galvanized California Democrats on immigration FREE

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The union leader federal agents detained at an immigration protest in Los Angeles last week is well known to California’s Democratic leadership from his years of...

Insurgents sweep Local 3005 leadership elections FREE

An insurgent slate of Local 3005 members swept the union’s leadership elections last month, winning all four of the union’s top leadership positions, every seat on the executive board and its three trustee positions. All 13 members on the ‘Rank...

32BJ supporting Haitian immigrants in suit against Trump administration

A union representing 185,000 cleaners, security guards, airport workers and property service workers is putting its weight behind a suit aiming to preserve the Temporary Protective Status for more than 200,000 Haitian immigrants. A humanitarian...

At Albany Med, staffing issues persist as contract talks stall

Nurses urged leadership at Albany Medical Center to settle a contract that will address staffing woes plaguing the facility. In 2021, the state passed laws requiring hospitals to establish committees to set safe-staffing ratios. The state...

UFT's Mulgrew, heading into 6th term, prioritizes healthcare, Tier 6 reforms FREE

Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, is focused on fixing Tier 6, raising para pay, and improving healthcare for his members and other municipal workers. The longtime union leader won his sixth-term, securing 54...

Company officials defrauded NYS Insurance Fund of $9 million, Manhattan DA charges

The owners and managers of a New Jersey construction company have been indicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges for defrauding more than $9 million in unpaid workers’ compensation premiums from the New York State Insurance Fund,...

Municipal retirees bash city's Medicare Advantage plan FREE

Laura Genovese was, in her words, getting “worked up.” Speaking at a town hall event hosted by downtown Manhattan Council Member Christopher Marte last week, the former Department of Education secretary said she was puzzled by the lack of...

FDNY union joins coalition for a national housing plan

The Uniformed Firefighters Association has joined a coalition of unions looking to persuade President Donald Trump to use potential proceeds from the sale of two government-sponsored enterprises to construct workforce housing...

At FDNY Medal Day, honoring heroes FREE

Firefighter Michael Kotzo had to act fast. Standing on the roof of a blazing Manhattan building last year, Kotzo had just lowered fellow firefighter Jason Lopez and the fire victim that Lopez had rescued from a top floor apartment to the...