Auto manufacturers will no longer be able to unilaterally set pay rates for mechanics repairing cars covered by a warranty, according to legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul this week. …
Retail workers across the state have more protections against violence in the workplace following Governor Kathy Hochul signing the Retail Worker Safety Act into law earlier this week. The law, which …
Hundreds of thousands of freelancers statewide now have long-sought rights and protections from shady contractors. State legislation that requires contracts, on-time payments and timely efforts …
Amazon, Panda Express, Chipotle, Uber and Lyft are among businesses with the worst record of labor law violations in the city, according to an “Employer Wall of Shame” unveiled Labor Day by City …
Forty years ago, John J. Murphy joined the family trade. Initiated into membership of what was then Local 2 of the United Association, Murphy was following a path trod by his great-grandfather, …
In an uncontested delegate election last month, Lee Saunders and Elissa McBride, the president and secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, …
City probation officers have overwhelmingly approved a contract with pay increases that conform to the civilian pattern but also includes considerable back payments and lump-sum ratification …
Uber and Lyft drivers say that a recent city agreement with the rideshare companies designed to reduce their restrictions to the app has not prevented them from being removed from the platform for …
In April, a month before UPS eliminated the overnight sorting shift at its massive hub in Maspeth, Queens, around 120 full-time warehouse workers were given a choice: they could take on fewer hours …
The surge of union organizing that started during the Covid pandemic hasn’t stopped — and those efforts have been mostly successful, according to a recent report by CUNY’s School of Labor and …
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital allegedly tried to delay arbitration related to safe-staffing violations at the facility by requesting a temporary restraining order, according to the …
There is no time on the political calendar when organized labor’s benediction is more sought out than in the months and weeks when the presidential race enters its homestretch. With just …
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 …
The Justice Department has settled a suit with a general contractor in New York City that had repeatedly violated federal lead paint and worker safety rules. Legacy Builders, a general contractor …
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 …
“I was working a bunch of minimum-wage jobs, and it was tiring,” explained Marie Cari, a 2022 2022 graduate of Per Scholas, a tuition-free technology training program designed to steer unemployed …
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 …
Editorial staff at Law360 say they’ll begin an open-ended strike next month unless concrete progress is made at the bargaining table and management addresses what the workers allege are unfair …
