“One-Upping de Blasio? Again?” was the front part of a New York Times headline for a Columbus Day story strongly implying that Governor Cuomo picked the holiday to announce that the state woul…
According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the number of homeless people finding sanctuary in the subway system has jumped 20 percent in the past year.
Gregory Floyd, who has been president of Teamsters Local 237 for 12 years, was re-elected to his third five-year term after winning 61 percent of the 4,000 votes union members cast.
The Police Department has begun an advanced tactical-pistol course that will be given to all anti-crime officers and eventually expanded to include other patrol cops in an effort to avoid “fri…
Two veteran union leaders are sounding the alarm that the de Blasio administration does not have enough certified mechanics to ensure the Department of Sanitation snow fleet can handle a major…
“It’s sad,” my Aunt Frances said from the rehab facility in Holmdel, N.J. where she had been taken after breaking her femur a few days earlier…
The City Council will soon vote on a plan to shut down Rikers Island and replace it with smaller jails in every borough except Staten Island. …
Detectives Endowment Association President Michael J. Palladino last month submitted testimony on police and the use of force on behalf of the…
To the Editor: It was the second punishment for a first offense. Arguably, sometimes jeopardy warrants being doubled.
To the Editor: Frank DeSanna is wrong (Oct. 11 letter) for so many reasons, my response will be longer than his letter.
To The Editor: With all due respect to my fellow Americans, most of us simply don’t know that a “liberal/progressive” is not the same thing as a “socialist.”
To the Editor: Richard Steier makes the same mistake as many reporters when he writes in his Razzle Dazzle of Sept. 27, 2019 of “…uneasiness that many Democrats…have about forsaking their empl…
To the Editor: Dr. Irwin Polishook and I became friends at the Municipal Labor Committee. In those days the MLC had an annual conference at Atlantic City. Neither Dr. Polishook nor I were into…
There are two Federal tax credits available to help you offset the costs of higher education for yourself or your dependents. These are the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) and the Lifet…
Here you will find exams, certifications, job postings, and lists via the "Civil Service Careers" dropdown menu on the top of the website. You can also find links to those pages below.
A day to honor and recognize the American labor movement—and to pay tribute to workers—was conceived in the late 19th century. While most of us mark the first Monday in September as a holiday, the nature of some jobs keeps others working. Photographer Rebecca White recently tagged along with… Read more
Independent contractors in California, including Uber and Lyft drivers and couriers, are poised to get additional worker protections following the passage of legislation in that state’s Senate…
According to the Justice Department, a group of about 400 judges who rule on immigration cases are management and are therefore not entitled to union representation.
Registered nurses, X-ray technicians, phone operators, janitors and others employed by Kaiser Permanente in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are voting …
Consolidation and the Affordable Care Act are among the reasons being cited for acrimonious negotiations between unions and hospital systems in Michigan, according to labor experts cited by Cr…
Field organizers for Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign are frustrated with their union contract, but are nonetheless infuriated that their discontent was leaked to the Washington Post, ac…
