Drivers who haul fuel processed at United Metro Energy’s Greenpoint facility to institutions throughout the city, as well as the Teamsters local that negotiated the agreement, believed that their …

Subway crime showed few signs of ebbing, despite the influx of police throughout the system late last month.  The NYPD, in conjunction with MTA Police efforts, increased its presence to combat …

The City Council passed a package of five bills Thursday aimed at diversifying the FDNY and ensuring that the department has the infrastructure and protections in place to attract and retain women …

For years, non-union labor brokers in the city have employed laborers from vulnerable communities, such as newly arrived immigrants and people recently released from prison, to lower their labor …

Resident physicians at Montefiore Medical Center are seeking to join SEIU’s Committee of Interns and Residents and called on the hospital system to voluntarily recognize their union. A coalition of …

The city has given unions and, by extension, retirees an ultimatum regarding health coverage: Get the City Council to pass legislation allowing the city to charge most retirees for continued …

Cleaners at Montefiore Medical Center alleging that they were cheated out of overtime pay for years have filed a federal class action suit.  The cleaners, Danny Ramirez Cruz Guerrero (referred …

In another step towards parity for Staten Island Ferry engineers, the City Comptroller’s office determined in a preliminary decision that the marine engineers should be paid wages comparable to …

App-based delivery workers organizing with Los Deliveristas Unidos rallied on Thursday to call on the city to set their minimum wage at $30 an hour. The Department of Consumer and Worker …

After eight months in an acting capacity and a nationwide candidate search lasting nearly that long, Laura Kavanagh was permanently appointed FDNY commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams …

After receiving pushback from staff represented by the Association of Legislative Employees, City Council leadership informed employees on Thursday that they were scrapping a plan that would have …

A massive rezoning proposal in Queens has divided local organizers and city unions, with labor leaders throwing their support behind the project and community organizers in Astoria demanding that the …

Police union leaders and others have pilloried the plan to redeploy officers in and around subway stations to combat rising crime underground as unworkable and politically motivated.  The plan, …

A judge has found that the city unlawfully terminated 16 Department of Sanitation employees for their refusals to get the Covid vaccine. “The vaccination mandate for City employees was not …

Every day, more fires in the South Bronx. And every day, when Jill Freedman drove up to the firehouse, two cameras strapped to the short blonde curls falling on her neck, she got the same answer: …

More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced …

Since starting his term, Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that city workers come into the office every day even as city employees have repeatedly asked for a work-from-home option and vacancies in the …

“My center went three months without getting paid, for the months of July, August and September of this year,” said daycare worker Barbara Reeves. “We finally received the money that was owed …

The New York State Nurses Association is ramping up its efforts to campaign for fair contracts for about 30,000 nurses across the state. The union held a rally outside of New York-Presbyterian …

Amazon workers in upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a union bid Oct. 18, handing a second defeat to the labor group that's been attempting to drag the company to the negotiating table since …

On a recent Friday afternoon, the employees of Astor Wines & Spirits were working at full speed. Among the dizzying number of bottles piled up under the high red-brick ceiling of the historic De …

“Everything we’ve done, especially over the last three years, we’ve earned our raise. We kept the school system afloat while so many people were at home,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of …

In a nearly unanimous vote, the New York City Council Oct. 12 passed a series of bills aimed at helping working parents by making child care more affordable and accessible. The average cost of child …

Home health care aides, who have been pushing for years to end 24-hour shifts, are now appealing to the federal government for help. This week, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed …

On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Mayor Eric Adams joined FDNY leadership to honor the lives of the eighteen members of the FDNY who died over the last year at the Firemen's Memorial in Riverside Park. …