Mario Cilento was unanimously re-elected  to another four-year term Tuesday as president of the New York State AFL-CIO by the federation's delegates. The federation represents 2.5 million …

The right of temporary agricultural workers in New York State to organize has been upheld by the Public Employment Relations Board.  In a series of five decisions issued Aug. 15, PERB also …

When it comes to achieving raises and improving working conditions in the classroom, teacher strikes get a passing grade, a recent study found. Researchers analyzed 772 teacher strikes between 2007 …

The union representing physicians in the city’s public hospital system has slammed a decision by NYC Health + Hospitals to cut visit times for new patients starting this fall. Last week, NYC Health …

Staffers at Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union are seeking to unionize with the NewsGuild, following in the footsteps of staff at the union’s health care local, Local …

Unionized workers at the National Audubon Society have announced that they will go on strike next month. The Bird Union, which represents about 260 workers at the New York City-based conservation …

Alton Scott, an MTA conductor, needed 34 stitches to close the wound that just missed his artery after he was slashed by an assailant at the A train’s Rockaway Avenue subway station in February. In …

Fewer invasive species will be culled, trails in natural areas will become overgrown and wetlands and natural forests across the city will go unmanaged, workers and open-space advocates have said …

Citing an increased number of incidents coupled to poor safety practices in the city subway system, federal transportation authorities have directed the state’s Public Transportation Safety Board, …

Governor Kathy Hochul is reportedly considering exempting municipal employees from congestion pricing plan and implementing a lower toll than the previously proposed $15 fee, drawing praise from two …

Dozens of cleaners at Con Edison facilities throughout the city say the contractor who employs them is lowballing on salaries and are calling on the energy company to replace the Yonkers-based firm. …

Former President Donald Trump’s claims that undocumented immigrants are taking away jobs from Black workers hasn’t shown to be true in New York City, according to a recent analysis by the Center …

If you’re setting your sights on a comfortable retirement, you might want to consider a state gig in the health-care field.  According to data compiled by the Empire Center, nine of the 10 …

When you’re racing around the city in an ambulance saving lives on a 12-hour shift, there’s typically little downtime.  But everyone, and particularly especially EMTs and paramedics caring …

Robert S. Tucker, an attorney by training who heads a city-based security and investigative services company, was appointed FDNY commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams Monday.  Tucker, 54, succeeds …

A former FDNY EMT has pleaded guilty to stealing $600 from an undercover investigator posing as a sick patient. The integrity test, which occurred at 3:26 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2023, saw EMT Luis Carrillo …

EMS workers would get raises conforming to the civilian pattern and not the larger pay bumps given to those in the uniformed services, according to the city's latest contract offer, union leaders …

It’s 4 p.m. on a recent afternoon, and Chef Kandy Williams, the culinary instructor at Hot Bread Kitchen in Lower Manhattan’s Manny Cantor Center, is putting the finishing touches on the lesson …

Rhonda Villamia spent weeks in the vicinity of ground zero following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Within the first few days after the collapse of the towers, she was  handing out snacks and …

It took about a year of workers complaining for management at Bill T. Jones/New York Live Arts to finally fix front doors at their Chelsea theater that were difficult to close.  But management …

“The largest organization for women in the country is actually the labor movement.”  So said Rebecca Damon, the executive director of SAG-AFTRA’s New York local and now also the …

Hundreds of union laborers held a boisterous Thursday afternoon rally in the Flatiron District to hammer a luxury residential developer’s use of a notorious demolition firm. Laborers' Local 79 and …

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance on Wednesday assailed an agreement between the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission and two rideshare companies designed to reduce the amount of driver lockouts …

Members of District Council 37's  Local 3005 say that attempts to mobilize their coworkers over the last two years have been stonewalled and met with apathy by union leadership.  Current …

To counter what he implied was the avarice of profit-driven health care providers and the indifference of elected officials, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, last …