A number of the city’s Strongest have filed a class-action suit claiming that the Department of Sanitation and the city have discriminated against them based on their gender and their race by …
City cops are leaving at a rate not seen in years, with the NYPD down to 34,422 officers as of earlier this month, the lowest, by average headcount, in more than decade. Significantly, 909 …
As the legal battle between the city and public-school parents and teachers over school budget cuts continues, the city comptroller’s office found in its year-end analysis of the last fiscal year …
In a first for the Trader Joe’s grocery chain, a majority of workers at its Hadley, Massachusetts, location voted in favor of a fully independent union. In the two-day election held by the National …
During the recent heat wave that scorched New York City, with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees, several United Parcel Service workers suffered from heat exhaustion as they drove in delivery trucks …
Atziri Rosario makes $18 per hour from her full-time shift leader job at Duane Reade, $3 more than the state’s minimum wage. Rosario, who lives with her parents in Washington Heights, …
Staff at the popular TV cooking show America’s Test Kitchen and its associated magazine, Cook’s Illustrated, have overwhelmingly voted for union representation with the Communications Workers of …
Two current and two former DOC officers have been indicted for failing to intervene in an inmate's suicide attempt until it was too late to save the teenager from serious brain damage, authorities …
A key component of the city’s ability to recover economically from the devastation wrought by the pandemic will be the jump-starting of the city’s film and television production industry, Mayor …
The city’s public hospital system, which serves more than half of the mental-health patients, has launched a student-loan forgiveness program for behavioral health professionals that will provide …
The family of an FDNY firefighter killed last month when a falling tree crashed into the SUV he and his wife were traveling in as they entered the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, have filed a …
The insurance company picked to administer the city’s Medicare Advantage Plan for municipal retirees has withdrawn from the deal, presenting yet another setback for the controversial proposal.The …
Following his arrest last month in Herald Square on charges that he was obstructing foot traffic, the saxophonist known as JazzAjilo, who performs while fronted by a dancing band of animatronic …
The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have reached a tentative agreement with Verizon that would extend their current contract three years, to …
In a continuation of a years-long trend, paramedic response times increased during the first six months of 2022. Through June, paramedics reached scenes of the most serious incidents — known …
With coronavirus cases once again increasing citywide, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is urging the Adams administration to establish a hybrid work model for city employees.The city’s seven-day …
The owner of Sweet & Vicious, a Lower East Side bar that’s been serving liquor shots and classic cocktails until early mornings since 1998, has agreed to fork out $500,000 to 16 former …
“Women are terrified to request accommodations [on the job] like a seat or to be temporarily reassigned to a role supportive for a healthy pregnancy. This is no way to live,” said Odessa Fynn, a …
Amid stalled contract negotiations, union employees at HarperCollins Publishers will hold a one-day strike next week. Nearly all of the 250 union employees, who work in the editorial, sales, …
The number of educators dissatisfied with the profession has climbed significantly since the start of the pandemic, a July 11 report published by the American Federation of Teachers found.In a …
President Joe Biden last week announced that he would work to prevent pension cuts to millions of union workers and restore benefits to thousands of others.Under Biden’s program, part of the …
When Daisy Chung began her work as director of the New York Nail Salon Coalition, she paid attention to the stories coming from workers, the vast majority of them women, nearly all foreign-born.
An arbitrator determined that the city’s Department of Education did not have the right to place educators accused of submitting fake Covid-19 vaccination cards on unpaid leave without first allowing them to appeal, a finding the city then unsuccessfully appealed in state court.
A 28-year-old Queens man will spend decades in prison for his role in the February 2019 friendly-fire death of NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen. Queens Supreme Court justice today sentenced Jagger …
As many as one million people. That would be considered a pretty large labor pool for just about any industry, trade, business or corporation. But the prison population in the United States, …