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 …

Unions representing teachers, school safety agents and other school staff are weighing in on a plan to ban cellphones in schools, with most appearing in favor.   In a New York Times op-ed …

In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. Soothing piano notes play as a teacher rubs their ankles and toes, helping each with heated …

Despite being eligible to telework several days a week under a remote work pilot program, 150 workers at the Police Pension Fund are still required to work in the office five days a week.  Tens …

A shortage of city medical examiners has prompted the union representing the forensic pathologists to urge the mayor and labor commissioner to settle a contract and provide more funding to the Office …

Emmett Daly Jr. was just a kindergartener on the day of the World Trade Center attacks and what he remembers more than his father responding with Ladder 120 is his mother battling a fire in his home …

The union representing architects, engineers, inspectors and other employees at the School Construction Authority says the agency won’t agree to provide their members with telework options or …

With the World Trade Center Health Program once again facing a funding shortfall that could oblige it to turn away would-be enrollees within a few years, a bipartisan group of Congress members are …

The worst part of working at the combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express was pumping hot water through the nacho cheese dispenser at closing.  Mistreatment from customers, the constant …

Officer attrition at the NYPD, although still above pre-pandemic norms, eased somewhat in the first half of the year.  Through the end of June, 1,119 officers had retired and 395 had resigned, …

Citing a decline in the inmate population and other factors, the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said it will shutter two upstate prisons in the coming months.  The …

The gender pay gap across New York City has changed little over the last two decades, which can largely be attributed to women earning less than men within the same field, even in occupations that …

The city's Board of Collective Bargaining has dismissed all but one of the grievance charges by a member of the Civil Service Technical Guild alleging that the union’s president had excluded and …

It's music to their ears. The pension plan for nearly 50,000 musicians who work in television, film and on Broadway will receive a $1.5 billion investment to save the pension from insolvency. The …

For several weeks earlier this year, Maria Reyes, a recent arrival from Ecuador, installed, repaired and finished drywall at a 23-story residential project under construction on West 96th Street on …

Regulations proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would strap volunteer departments with exorbitant costs and make it difficult for them to continue operating, an advocate …

A former fraud investigator with the city’s Department of Homeless Services has pleaded guilty to federal charges of impersonating homeless people to fraudulently obtain Covid unemployment …

There was one cop missing from Monday’s NYPD police academy graduation ceremony. But Police Officer Edgar Ordonez was there in spirit, and he will likely remain in the hearts and minds of the 626 …

Computer systems managers who have worked for the City University of New York for more than a decade say morale has taken a hit over the lack of raises and pay inequities they say they have faced for …

Benny Boscio Jr., the resolute head of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, will continue as union president, having defeated two upstart challengers for the post.  In a referendum …

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, whose tenure at the helm of the nation’s largest fire department has been beset by discord with chiefs under her command, announced on Saturday that she will …

Nearly 11 months after negotiations began, resident physicians at Montefiore Medical Center are demanding that the hospital’s management settle a fair contract. Members of SEIU’s Committee of …

A last-minute infusion of $6.245 million into the city’s budget for community composting programs has not been enough to save programs run by several of the nonprofits providing the service and …

Two former postal workers at the JFK International Service Center in Queens accused of stealing U.S. Treasury checks worth more $4 million and pawning them off for payments have been indicted on …