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Crossing guards to get equipment and training

The NYPD will increase training and provide additional equipment for school crossing guards across the city following the on-the-job death of Krystyna Naprawa last October, the department announced …

DC 37 Retirees Association taken over by AFSCME

District Council 37’s Retirees Association has been put under administratorship for allegedly failing to file tax returns for the last six years. Ann Widger, the international retirees director for …

100s of subway subcontractors fleeced of $2 million, suits say

Dozens of workers who deep cleaned and disinfected subway cars during the early months of the pandemic were shorted hundreds of thousands of dollars by their employers, the city comptroller is …

City cancels next round of budget cuts, eases hiring freeze

The next round of planned municipal budget cuts are being canceled and the hiring freeze imposed on city agencies will be relaxed, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. Last fall, the administration …

Congestion pricing suits jeopardizing MTA projects, authority says

Capital improvements on city subways, buses and commuter rail lines are being slowed or delayed because of court challenges to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, according to the agency.  The …

Amazon joins chorus claiming NLRB is unconstitutional

Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the grocery store chain …

This story has been updated to reflect the provisional contract deal for nurses at LIJ Valley Stream.  Nurses at two Northwell Health hospitals on Long Island have reached tentative contract …

City construction deaths increase

Despite a decrease in construction worker deaths across the state in 2022, more construction workers died on the job in New York City than in the previous year amid a drop in inspections, according …

Trader Joe’s workers at Essex Crossing claim retaliation

Pro-union workers at a downtown Trader Joe’s whose staff voted not to unionize last year say they’re being retaliated against by managers for their continued outspoken support for …

A large number of school safety agents have been equipped with bullet-resistant vests, a change that their union said fulfills a long-time promise made during the Bloomberg administration. About …

Luxury Chelsea condo strips building workers’ health benefits

Workers at a luxury building in Chelsea where the penthouse lists for a shade under $20 million are fighting to recover health benefits stripped from them late last year.  The six workers, who …

Uneven growth citywide muddles jobs picture

Ever the city’s cheerleader, Mayor Eric Adams’ perpetual pronouncement in recent months has been to note New York’s post-pandemic revitalization, driven, he declares at nearly every one of his …

Cleaners with 32BJ say ‘yes’ to contract

Commercial building service workers with 32BJ SEIU have overwhelmingly approved a new contract that will provide 20,000 office cleaners with 12.6 percent raises over the course of the four-year deal …

Public-sector workers' right to sue their union goes on trial

The New York State Court of Appeals will wade into a dispute between a city lifeguard and his union this week that could either significantly curb or substantially expand the rights of public-sector …

Nurses deliver strike notice to Northwell

New York State Nurses Association members at two Northwell Health hospitals on Long Island are gearing up to strike, and delivered 10-day strike notices Friday to hospital administrators at both …

What will happen when Remington leaves upstate village?

Remington began here two centuries ago and generations of workers have turned out rifles and shotguns at the massive firearms factory in the middle of this blue-collar village in the heart of Mohawk …

“Brooklyn needs Downstate.” That’s the resounding message union leaders, elected officials and health-care advocates sent to administrators at the State University of New York about a plan to …

Jack Lin, who worked as an FDNY EMT for 14 years, including throughout the worst days of the pandemic, lost his job in June 2022 after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine and having his requests …

Nitehawk Cinema staff move to unionize

Workers at Nitehawk Cinema in Park Slope are looking to unionize with the United Auto Workers, the latest group of workers at a city dine-in cinema organizing since the crowds drawn by the …

A federal judge has rejected arguments by the Police Benevolent Association that it has veto power over a wide-ranging agreement outlining how the NYPD responds to protests.   Judge Colleen …

Union successes at UPS, in Hollywood and at the Big Three automakers grabbed the headlines last year. Organizing efforts at Starbucks, Apple and even Amazon also made news. And after a decade of …

City managers get long-sought raises

About 10,000 city managers will receive long-sought salary increases, including retroactive pay bumps, a $3,000 bonus, new paid family leave and expanded paid parental leave benefits, the city …

CUNY peace officers claim racial pay gap, sue state

Five peace officers at the City University of New York have filed a class-action lawsuit against New York State alleging that peace officers who are people of color are paid substantially less than …

Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives are probing a United Auto Workers local in New York City over a resolution that union members passed in December calling for a cease-fire in war …

Council staff nears contract deal

The union representing City Council staff is closing in on a tentative agreement with Council management that would enshrine just-cause protections, create a standardized grievance procedure, provide …

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