“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, …
Shefali Kashiv joined New York’s Microsoft office after graduating from John Hopkins University last August.
It takes two to tango, the saying goes. But with a collective bargaining agreement that expired Thursday, dancers at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater say management haven’t so much as …
Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation June 30 granting Mayor Eric Adams control over city public schools for two more years — but the union representing teachers lamented that the governor …
The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the NYPD’s Special Victims Division, the unit responsible for investigating sex crimes, which for years has been dogged by complaints from women’s …
Mary McLaughlin, who started working at the FDNY in 1984, retired as an administrative community relations specialist in September. But her exit from civil service didn’t last …
After years of in-house initiatives, as well as contentious legal action by Black firefighters, the FDNY looks to be more diverse than ever. Since 2019, people of color have made up between …
As the city takes steps to significantly reduce carbon emissions by the end of the decade, unions representing steamfitters, architects and maintenance workers are urging officials to increase …
Thousands of transit workers in the state and city will soon have what they hope will be added protections against assault on the job. Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Monday that …
At Lido Beach West Sunday, family and friends, along with firefighters from the FDNY and the Long Beach Fire Department, held a paddle-out and joined hands to honor the life of Casey Skudin, a …
Workers in the reproductive rights field doubled down on their organizing efforts when it became clear in early May the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v Wade and severely cut down on access to legal abortions in certain parts of the country.
Solo patrols in city subways are again become the norm for NYPD officers, much to the dismay of police unions and some cops. Officers have for years patrolled in pairs or greater numbers, but in …
City workers fired earlier this year for failing to comply with Covid vaccination mandates could be back at their desks if they get their jabs by Aug. 15. Letters were sent to about 600 former …
The city Parks Department has just one-third of the lifeguards it needs thanks to a “national lifeguard shortage,” according to the agency.
Teamsters locals across the eastern seaboard, bemoaning what they say is the lack of progress on a number of contracts from food service distributor US Foods, are warning that strikes may be on the …
Ladder Company 137 in Rockaway Park is mourning the loss of one of their own after decorated FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin, 45, was killed Friday in Asheville, North Carolina, when a tree limb fell …
In front of City Hall on Tuesday, Araceli Salinas reminded the Mayor and Council about day laborers like her: “We are not invisible, we are essential!”
A Manhattan Supreme Court Justice issued a restraining order June 10 barring District Council 37’s Local 983 from conducting its election after five candidates running against the incumbent …
