Chris Wade at The Center Square reports tens of thousands of Private Security Officers in New York City could be eligible for raises, increased benefits and paid vacations under a proposal named after a Midtown mass shooting victim. There are more than 80,000 Private Security Officers licensed in New York who make an average of about $40,000 a year. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Amazon Teamsters rallied at New York City Hall last week in support of the Delivery Protection Act, a ground-breaking Bill introduced by Council Member Tiffany Cabán (Democrat-22nd District) that would protect Workers and communities near last-mile delivery facilities in New York City. The legislation would ban Amazon’s more»

(WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK) - Workers employed at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains have voted to join the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), the largest Airport Workers Union in the country. Union Officials said the reason why Ramp and Senior Ramp Agents at the county-owned airport made a decision to Unionize was because they have been more»

Karen Juanita Carrillo at The New York Amsterdam News reports the Trump Administration has agreed to get involved in contract negotiations between five Unions that represent Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), temporarily averting a potential Strike. A planned work stoppage by 3,700 LIRR Employees, which more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures have recognized both the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) for the purpose of collective bargaining for Writers at their public television programs. Writers on future seasons of Alma’s Way, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Carl the Collector will now have a Union. Writers at both more»

Actors' Equity Association has released a letter signed by more than 1,300 Actors and Stage Managers who work on Broadway urging The Broadway League to join them in building a safer, more sustainable and healthier Broadway. The Union and the employer group have been in negotiations since August 25th over the Production Contract, which contains the terms of more»

(THE BRONX) – Members of Teamsters Local 210 are on Strike at Perrigo Company’s Bronx manufacturing facilities after the employer attempted to eliminate Workers’ overtime protections and stop contributing to their retirement plan. The 190 Teamsters work as Compounders, Inventory Clerks, Line Operators, Mechanics and technicians for the more»

David Shepardson at Reuters reports New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) says Unions had backed off from a threat to launch a strike later this week at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which is one of the largest commuter railroads in the United States and serves nearly 300,000 passengers daily. A group of Unions said at a press more»

Laren Aratani at The Guardian reports Amazon has fired more than 150 Unionized Drivers working for a third-party contractor in Queens, according to the Teamsters. Workers rallied at the company’s DBK4 facility in Queens last week after the company fired the Drivers, who worked for Cornucopia - a Delivery Service Provider (DSP) that Amazon contracted more»

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has announced the 2025 updates to his Office’s Employer Violations Dashboard and revealed this year’s Employer Wall of Shame, a list of companies cited for egregious violations in 10 categories - including wrongful termination, Prevailing Wage violations, wage theft and willful violations of Workplace Safety more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Before Tabitha Arnold found her own way as an Artist, she tried to Unionize her workplace. The Tennessee native studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy for Fine Art and after graduating took a job at Green Line Cafe in Philadelphia and honed her artistic work in her free time. Over the course of a year, Arnold struggled with her more»

Iryna Shkurhan took the photos and reports for The Chief Leader: On what promises to be a crisp, cloudless late-Summer morning, much like that of 24 years ago, the Bell of Hope at St. Paul's Chapel will sound six times today, its knell reaching to the 9/11 Memorial Plaza two blocks west. Six moments of silence, marking specific times corresponding to the more»

(LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) - Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Locomotive Engineers, who are Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). have gone without a pay raise for over three years, with the last coming on April 16th, 2022. BLET-represented Locomotive Engineers operate 947 daily trains at the LIRR, carrying 250,000 more»

Kristie Keleshian at CBS New York reports thousands of Workers and Union Members marched along Fifth Avenue for New York City's Labor Day Parade on Saturday (September 6th). More than 200 Unions were represented at the event, which is the oldest and largest Labor Day Parade in the United States. This year's grand marshals were Hotel and Gaming Trades more»

Michael Berkowitz at People’s World reports that on September 30th, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will screen its excellent new film: Hard Hat Riot, a memorable entry in the award-winning American Experience series. This PBS series has been television’s most-watched history series, winning 30 Emmy Awards and virtually every other major more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Freedom Plaza, the bold $11.1 billion civic and cultural vision for Manhattan’s East Side, shared an overview of the project’s comprehensive housing and traffic plan during its first public hearing of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The plan will feature 513 units of housing that Working Families can afford, nearly more»

In honor of Labor Day, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Board Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced settlement agreements with four fast food companies - including Chipotle, to provide more than 2,430 Workers with more than $3 million in restitution to resolve violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law. The more»

Sisters, Brothers and Friends, Labor Day Weekend is our chance to celebrate the people who built New York City and continue to keep it running every day. It is also a moment to recommit ourselves to the values that have always guided the Labor Movement: Solidarity and dignity for all who work. Working People have often been told that our goals were out more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Less than a week after Front of House Staff employed at the Rose Lane Bar and Restaurant inside the Park Lane Hotel filed to Unionize with Restaurant Workers United (RWU), hotel management fired every Worker in the nascent Union’s Bargaining Unit, an RWU official said. Workers with scheduled shifts on Monday (August 25th) at the more»

(BELMONT & SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK) - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1430, whose Members service horse racing tracks’ communications systems at Belmont Park and at the Saratoga Racetrack, is moving to Unionize hundreds of Workers who care for the thoroughbred horses at those two New York tracks. “We always more»

The New York City Council is expected to pass legislation that will provide Grocery Delivery Workers with wages of $21.44 per hour. The legislation affects 20,000 App-based Delivery Workers. Vendors using third party Apps would now be required to pay their Delivery Workers $21.44 an hour.” New York City Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez said: more»

Luis Feliz Leon at In These Times reports hundreds of Immigrant Subway Cleaners will get their big payday after a $3 million settlement was secured by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. Contractors received a windfall of $371 million during the Pandemic but subjected their Workers to poor treatment on the job, retaliation and open sexual harassment. more»

Broadway Workers, Union Leaders and Elected Officials rallied in Times Square earlier this week as part of the National AFL-CIO’s It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness & Security nationwide bus tour. Actors’ Equity President Brooke Shields, Executive Director Al Vincent, Jr., New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has announced the ratification of the very first Union contract at GrowNYC. The three-year agreement will cover more than 100 Workers at the large-scale non-profit across 60-plus locations in all five Boroughs of New York City who work at the organization's greenmarkets and more»

New York City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa has introduced The Too Tough to Die Resolution (#1015-2025) in support of the Unionized Journalists at The New York Daily News, who are fighting for fair wages and are calling out the unscrupulous practices of the venture capital firm, Alden Global Capital. New York’s Hometown Newspaper has been breaking more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Hundreds of New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses launched their contract campaigns on Thursday (August 14th) that impact more than 20,000 Nurses employed at 12 Private Sector Hospitals in New York City. The Nurses’ contracts expire on December 31st (2025) and include some of the wealthiest hospital systems in more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Approximately 1,850 of the 2,000 Legal Services Workers represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers Local 2325 (ALAA-UAW) - have reached tentative contract agreements following powerful Strike actions and sustained public pressure. However, remaining on Strike are ALAA Members employed at CAMBA more»

NYC Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers (PINCC) is a Workforce Development Program that helps low-income and young New Yorkers enter Apprenticeships and successful careers in construction, transportation and other critical industries with good-paying and Unionized jobs. Established by a Good Jobs Challenge Grant from the U.S. Economic more»

Staff at The Baffler has officially formed a Union with the Workers United New York/New Jersey Regional Joint Board. In doing so, they join a growing number of progressive Media Outlets such as Harper's, Jacobin, Jewish Currents, The Nation, The New Republic, The American Prospect and New York Focus, where Workers are organizing for a voice on the job. more»

1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, 32 SEIU BJ, Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1, the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council (HTC), the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the Professional Staff Congress/City University of New York (PSC/CUNY) and United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A - which more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 President John Chiarello brought the fire to MTA CEO Janno Lieber at the MTA Board meeting held just days ago over missing and delayed Workers Compensation payments for more than 3,500 Transit Workers. “I represent Union Members who have been physically injured, assaulted, emotionally more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Robert Suttmann, President of Local 802 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the Union that represents live Musicians who work at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has issued the following statement: The cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert without clear explanation is deeply concerning and raises serious questions more»

The former Flushing Airport, decommissioned decades ago, will serve as the foundation for 3,000 new homes, with the project expected to create 1,300 Unionized construction jobs. Construction at the 80-acre site in College Point, Queens is expected to begin in 2028. The project will also encompass 60 acres of land located near the airfield that has remained more»

Workers employed at the Legal Aid Society have reached a tentative contract agreement with management, avoiding a Strike authorized by 1,100 Public Interest Attorneys who are members of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers (ALAA-UAW) Local 2325. The ALAA-UAW had authorized a Strike at the end of June as its contract with more»

Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 is fighting back against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) with a Union-wide grievance after a management-created Workers compensation payment debacle resulted in potentially thousands of injured Local 100 Members not getting their checks on time. In May, management unilaterally moved payments for Workers more»

Led by Members of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) rallied outside this week the Wells Fargo Bank at 7th Avenue and West 39th Street to protest Wall Street’s efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Wells Fargo has led the charge with a corporate blueprint that threatens good Union jobs and more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at the Gotham Dispensary in Brooklyn have voted overwhelmingly in a decisive 18-to-3 Union Election to join Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/United Food & Commercial Workers (RWDSU-UFCW) Local 338, marking another milestone in the fight for dignity and fairness in the Cannabis Industry. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Brendan Griffith has been elected President of the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. Griffith, a Member of Iron Workers Local 40 and United University Professions (UUP), joined the New York City Labor Council in 2009 and had previously been its Chief of Staff since 2011. Griffith’s work has involved coordination of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Legal Services Workers represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers Local 2325 (ALAA-UAW), rallied in solidarity with striking Members last week to demand the funding, staffing, and support they need to continue delivering justice for low-income New Yorkers. The rally launched a picket line of 400 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Visual Effects Workers employed at Saturday Night Live (SNL) have unanimously ratified their first contract with all 15 eligible voters voting yes, marking a significant milestone for VFX Artists and Leads at the legendary sketch comedy show, now celebrating its 50th season. After successfully organizing with the International Alliance of more»

Politico’s Labor Report Card takes a look at the State of Labor halfway through 2025. Reporter Lawrence Ukenye finds that even as Federal Labor Legislation remains stalled, several States have raced to pass their own laws cracking down on child labor and supporting Gig Workers. To see what some States are doing when it comes to portable benefits, more»

More than 2,000 Workers employed at nine non-profit Legal Services Providers located across each of New York City's five Boroughs - who are represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers (ALAA-UAW) Local 2325, have authorized a Strike. Echoing the UAW's 2023 Stand Up Strike strategy, the Union Workers announced rolling more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Dozens of American Unions and Civil Society Groups are expressing “deep concern” about the possible impact of the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies on FIFA’s ongoing Club World Cup and the 2026 Men’s World Cup. Millions of soccer fans from dozens of countries are expected to flock to the U.S next more»

Marcus Mendes at 9TO5Mac reports the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has overturned a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that found Apple in violation of Federal Labor Law at its World Trade Center retail store in New York. The case centered on events from 2022, during a Union Organizing Campaign by Apple store employees in more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and The Public Theater have announced agreement on a tentative contract covering more than 100 Production Workers at the acclaimed institution. This agreement marks a historic milestone, as The Public Theater becomes one of the first major non-profit Off-Broadway more»

The BronxWorks Legal Services Department Union condemned the Union-Busting actions of BronxWorks management, which has included hiring an Anti-Union law firm, tearing down Union literature and distributing explicitly Anti-Union rhetoric to Members. Workers are calling on CEO Eileen Torres, as well as BronxWorks leadership, to voluntarily recognize their more»

Stephanie West at LaborPress reports the Transit Workers Union (TWU) has won a significant victory against Brightline and the company’s shameful, ongoing effort to squash Workers’ Rights. Workers have the right to join a Union to better address work schedules, wages and other job-related issues. Outrageously, Brightline is suing in Federal Court more»

In New York City, Researchers at the City and State’s Public Universities affected by cuts to Federal grant funding urged the State’s Congressional Leaders to oppose further cuts to funding proposed in President Donald Trump’s big beautiful Bill. Members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Members of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and Elected Officials are demanding New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams schedule a hearing on proposed legislation that would provide Para-Professionals with annual payments of at least $10,000. Full-time Para-Professionals earn low pay, starting at $31,787 a year, which has more»

With contracts set to expire on Monday (June 30th), nearly 2,500 Unionized Public Interest Legal Workers are poised to take historic Strike action that could shut down critical legal services across New York City. Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325 - including Attorneys, Advocates and Support Staff, have spent years coordinating their more»