Dozens of unionists and trades workers gathered with light refreshments of Modelos, Budweiser and Cheetos on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Woodbine in Manhattan for “Crafts at a Crossroads: The Future of the Building Trades,” the latest in a series of...
New York City labor unions representing more than one million workers launched an election protection coalition Oct. 15, pledging to mobilize members and resources to defend voting rights ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Approximately 1,000...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed veteran labor lawyer Liz Vladeck as the next Commissioner of the Office of Labor Relations following current OLR Commissioner Renne Campion’s retirement Dec. 1, City Hall officials said Friday. Currently the...
City workers who pushed their unions to pass resolutions calling on the city’s pension fund to divest from Israeli stocks and bonds celebrated City Comptroller Mark Levine’s announcement on Wednesday that the city’s five pension funds would not be...
A federal correction officer at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to smuggle contraband, including cellphones, into the jail, according to a federal indictment announced Oct. 14. Melissa Brooks, who...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday ordered the New York Police Department to conduct a sweeping review of how officers use force against civilians, moving to address growing discord among progressives who want the democratic socialist to exert...
Following a citywide hearing on artificial intelligence on Oct. 5, New York City lawmakers are weighing how to regulate a technology that could reshape the workforce and deepen existing inequalities. In a follow-up interview with The Chief, City...
Dozens of unionized StoryCorps employees rallied outside of the Brooklyn Museum the evening of Oct. 8 during a fundraising gala for the non-profit in order to highlight workers' push for a new union contract that secures improved working...
New York City recorded historic lows in shootings and murders through September, but assaults on police officers and other public-sector workers rose nearly 8 percent, highlighting a persistent workplace safety concern even as Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
Consumers, workers, tenants, small-business owners and advocates rallied outside City Hall Thursday in support of legislation that would expand New York City’s protections against unfair business practices and give individuals new ways to hold...
For the first time in over a decade, the city has begun a comprehensive audit of dependents on city employee and retiree healthcare plans. The Dependent Eligibility Verification Audit administered by the city’s Office of Labor Relations aims...
New York City is moving from warning about the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence to building a more concrete strategy for regulating how the technology affects workers and consumers. The shift comes as AI faces growing scrutiny...
Workers who grow, process, transport and serve food face some of the highest rates of workplace abuse, wage theft, forced labor, injury and death in the global food system, according to a new report from the International Panel of Experts on...
Retiree advocates are frustrated by what they say is District Council 37’s reluctance to help retirees apply for their share of a $53 million settlement covering 250,000 public-sector retirees enrolled in EmblemHealth’s GHI Senior Care. The...
The city will form a task force filled with key leaders of municipal unions to study and recommend in-house and legislative changes to the city’s antiquated civil service system in order to speed up hiring for city jobs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
Capital keeps on winning. Workers’ share of the New York City economy has decreased in the last 25 years while capital-owners' share in the city grown to a higher point than the country as a whole, an economist in The New School found...
New York City correction officers have reached a tentative $28.4 million settlement with the city over allegations that they were not paid for all the overtime hours they worked, according to the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association...
More than half of people held in New York City jails receive mental health services during their incarceration, highlighting the role Rikers Island plays as a major site of psychiatric care — and raising questions about whether jail can provide...
Corey Mahoney was in the hospital preparing for surgery on his infected kidney when he learned he’d been fired. By the time management at Alliance Ground International terminated him, Mahoney had been raising concerns for months over consistent safety issues and wage theft in his workplace...
Workers at four New York City museums represented by Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers have voted to authorize strikes in the event of a continued stalemate with management for new contracts...
“AutoZone is terminating your employment as a result of your failure to act appropriately as a manager by engaging in and/or facilitating union activity.” It was not a shock to Nathan DuCongé when one of his bosses at AutoZone told him he was being fired...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and city officials launched a new workforce center in Lower Manhattan Sept. 28 designed to help New Yorkers navigate the process of finding and securing jobs in public service. The Jobs NYC Center, at 2 Lafayette Street, was...
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 stores in North...
A 51-year-old New York City man has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $128,000 in pension benefits by continuing to collect payments intended for his mother for nearly two years after her death, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg...
Healthcare workers gathered outside Lenox Hill Hospital Sept. 24 as part of a nationwide day of action focused on immigrant workers, with labor leaders warning that changes to immigration protections could deepen staffing challenges and affect...