(NEW YORK CITY) – Reporters, Editors, Producers and other Professionals involved in producing a successful print and digital product at Scientific American have Unionized with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), which represents more than 7,500 Members working in film, television, news, podcasts and on-line media. Scientific American’s more»

Michelle Kaske at Bloomberg reports New York City Doormen and building owners have reached a potential agreement on wage and benefit increases, avoiding a possible Strike as soon as April 21st that would have upended day-to-day operations at 3,500 co-ops, condos and apartment properties. The current contract is set to expire late Monday night (April 20th). more»

More than 10,000 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Members rallied earlier this week on Park Avenue and voted to authorize a Strike that would paralyze the homes of 1.5 million New Yorkers. The Union Members are demanding fair wage increases, pension improvements, protection of all benefits and that the Realty Advisory Board on Labor more»

Dade Hayes at Deadline reports the topic of contract negotiations with studios and streamers was off the table earlier this week as Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Leaders put the focus on unity and celebration at the Union’s annual Rock the City event in New York. Contract talks were recently put on more»

(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - Seventy Workers employed at the Budweiser Beer Distribution Facility in the Bronx have voted to join United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 2D - marking the first Beer Wholesale Salesforce to join the UFCW in the U.S. Budweiser is a global brand of Anheuser-Busch and the facility is owned by Southern Glazer’s more»

Dave Infante at Fingers reports the Staff of one of the world’s best cocktail bars has gone Union. Workers employed at Attaboy, an influential cocktail bar in New York City that is often ranked among the global hospitality industry’s most elite outfits, went public with a Union drive. They are organizing independently as Attaboy Local 134. A more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Staffers at ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Non-Profit Newsroom, launched a 24-hour Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) Strike today (Wednesday, April 8th) after authorizing such an action last month. The Union, which is part of the NewsGuild of New York, has been negotiating its first contract with the company since late 2023 more»

(NEW YORK CITY)— Writers Guild of America East (WGAE)-represented Members at CBS News 24/7 have reached a tentative agreement with CBS/Paramount management on a new three-year contract. The 60-Member CBS News 24/7 Union and the WGAE Council’s Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News Sector Representatives will vote to ratify the contract in the coming more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 (ALU-IBT 1) and ordered it to begin negotiations with the Teamsters. “Four years ago, Amazon Workers at JFK8 won an NLRB more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers, Union Leaders and politicians rallied on the steps of City Hall Monday (March 31st) to call for increased funding for New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), which investigates exploitative labor practices and enforces Worker protections in the City. The rally comes after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, Workers United, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition hosted the 115th Anniversary Commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on Wednesday (March 25th) at Washington Place and Greene Street in Lower Manhattan. More than more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has announced Workers employed at the Patagonia Store in SoHo have voted unanimously to join the Union. The vote marks a historic milestone for employees of the Outdoor Apparel Giant, as they become the first Unionized Patagonia location in the Eastern United States. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Two Pilots aboard Air Canada Regional Express Flight 8646 were killed after their plane collided with a Port Authority rescue and firefighting vehicle on Runway 4 at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday (March 22nd), prompting a shutdown of the Airport as investigators began piecing together what happened. LaGuardia remained closed more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers employed at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn have filed for a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election to form a Union with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37. Following a successful Organizing Drive by their Co-Workers in the museum gift shop to join Transport more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – After more than 45 days, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses at the Brooklyn Hospital Center have won back their health care benefits. This comes after Nurses took their demands directly to the luxury condo of CEO Gary Terrinoni last week. Nurses marched alongside their Labor Allies and Elected Officials more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Workers at CBS News walked out for 24 hours after a new contract agreement was not reached following the expiration of the contract last week. About 60 Workers at the Streaming Service CBS News 24/7 are represented by the Writers Guild of America East. The Union is holding rallies and walkouts at the CBS News more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Carter Myers-Brown at The Chief reports when Samantha Martin entered the Construction Industry at the age of 21, she was stepping into a world where Women were still a rarity on most job sites. The path from Apprentice Carpenter to Union Leader would require long days, physical labor and the confidence to prove she belonged in a field more»

Dora Gao at The Columbia Spectator reports Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers (SWC-UAW) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a potential Strike following months of stalled contract negotiations with the University. Union Members voted 1,129-to-105 (more than 91%) in favor, according to the SWC-UAW, which represents 3,000 Graduate more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) Members employed at CBS News 24/7 have delivered a Strike pledge to CBS/Paramount management demanding a fair contract. The pledge was signed by 95% of the 60-Member Bargaining Unit. The current CBS News 24/7 Union contract expired on March 9th. The Strike pledge addressed to management read: “We, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Residential Building Service Workers have kicked off negotiations for a contract covering more than 34,000 Porters, Doorpersons, Superintendents, Handypersons and Resident Managers who maintain 600,000 households across 3,500 Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island Co-Ops, Condos and more»

Contract Faculty United-United Auto Workers (CFU-UAW)-represented Members employed at New York University (NYU) have set an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike deadline as negotiations with University Administration continue to stall. After more than a year of bargaining and repeated Labor Law violations by NYU - including refusal to negotiate over key more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers employed at the Patagonia Retail Store in Downtown Manhattan say upper management is breathing down their necks as they push to Unionize their workplace, seeking greater job security and the restoration of lost benefits. Last month, Workers at Patagonia's SoHo location filed paperwork for a Union Election with the National Labor more»

After Kickstarter United-OPEIU (Office and Professional Employees International Union) Local 153 Members won a resounding Strike victory, Kickstarter has retaliated and fired several key Union Leaders. A 42-day Strike was won in November 2025, after which the Union overwhelmingly voted to ratify a historic contract which included all their demands, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - St. John’s University President, the Reverend Brian Shanley, has informed St. John’s University Faculty - via e-mail - that the University will no longer recognize its two Unions that were formed in 1970: the St. John’s University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (SJU-AAUP) and the Faculty more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Full-time Contingent Faculty at New York University - represented by Contract Faculty United–United Auto Workers (CFU-UAW) Local 7902, have voted to approve a Strike Authorization after more than a year of negotiations for their first contract. Non-Tenure Track Instructors have met with administrators 24 times in the past 15 months, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) Members employed at Hearst Magazines and management have reached a deal on their second three-year contract, which was overwhelmingly ratified with 98% approval by the 410-Member Bargaining Unit. The contract establishes 2%-to-3% raises - the 2026 raise applied retroactively to January 1st, 2026, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Workers employed at the Patagonia store in SoHo filed for a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). This filing marks a major turning point for Employees of the Outdoor Apparel Giant as they move to become the first Unionized more»

An overwhelming majority of NewsGuild of New York/The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA) Local 31003-represented Members who work for The Non-Profit Investigative Newsroom ProPublica have signed Strike Pledge Cards and are prepared for a walkout if they don’t get a fair contract. After more than two years of negotiations, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announced today (Thursday, February 19) that 4,200 of its Members who are employed at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) have reached a tentative contract agreement after six weeks of a historic Nurse Strike. The NYSNA Nurses fought for and won an agreement that: Improves enforceable Safe more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Registered Nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian who work in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (CHONY) have won an arbitration award after tracking the unsafe staffing levels in their Unit from January 1st, 2023 to May 31st, 2024. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Amazon Teamsters and their allies gathered at New York City Hall to call for passage of the Delivery Protection Act during its introduction for the 2026 City Council session. The ground-breaking legislation, authored by Council Member Tiffany Cabán, would protect Workers and communities by requiring last-mile delivery more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Daily News Union and the The NewsGuild of New York released the following statement as Alden Global Capital begins mass layoffs at the New York City Daily Newspaper: Alden Global Capital - the Nation’s most predatory newspaper owner - has again lived up to its reputation as the parasitic “destroyer of newspapers.” more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Full-Time Faculty at New York University (NYU) will cast ballots through February 20th to decide if they Strike after 15 months of bargaining with management. Voting for Members of the Contract Faculty Union at NYU began on Monday (February 9th) - the latest step in an escalating first contract campaign for the largest Union of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Members employed at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West have voted to ratify new three-year Hospital contracts by an overwhelming majority. Nurses began bargaining in September and went on the largest and longest Nurse Strike in New York City more»

Writers Guild of America East (WGAE)-represented Members employed at Hearst Magazines held a half-day walkout last week after management failed to reach a deal on a second contract with the 400-Member Bargaining Unit. Their first contract expired on Saturday, January 31st (2026). The Hearst Magazines Union held actions at Hearst Tower in Manhattan and at more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announced today (Monday, February 9th) that 10,500 NYSNA Members employed at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West in New York City have reached tentative contract agreements with their Hospitals. NYSNA Nurses will vote on whether to ratify the contracts more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Nearly 15,000 New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses are continuing to hold the line on the largest and longest Nurses’ Strike in New York City History and are demanding their employers settle fair contracts with their Nurses. However, these Nurses are at a critical moment in their Strike. Hospital executives more»

Emily Swanson at The Bronx Times reports Union workers at the Grocery Delivery Company FreshDirect are preparing for a possible Strike over the company’s proposal to outsource more deliveries to a third-party company. Longtime workers say their main fight is not about increasing wages or benefits - but preserving job stability. FreshDirect’s more»

James Ford at WPIX-TV reports that as the fourth week of the New York City Nurses’ Strike began on Monday (February 2nd), hundreds of Nurses marked that milestone by marching down the streets of Midtown to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Office for a protest in which they both criticized New York State’s Chief Executive and called on her to do more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On December 31st (2025), the final day of his administration, former Mayor Eric Adams vetoed numerous Bills that passed the City Council late in the year. But late last week, the new, defiant City Council Speaker Julie Menin led the body in overriding 17 of those vetoes, clearing the way for a series of new Worker Protections affecting more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Members of Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 1102 have overwhelmingly ratified a landmark three-year agreement with Retail Giant H&M. This victory, affecting more than 1,000 Workers, marks a significant turning point for Retail Labor Standards across the country, the Union said. Bargaining began in more»

Erica Brosnan at Spectrum News/NY 1 reports contract talks between New York City’s largest Private Hospital Systems and the Union representing their Nurses - the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), are continuing today (Friday, January 30th) as the massive walkout entered its 19th day. The more than 15,000 Nurses have been on Strike since more»

Harper Freeman at The Chief reports that at the beginning of a video filmed at Breads Bakery’s flagship location in Union Square in late December, Gadi Peleg, the owner of the Bakery, was, for just a moment, smiling. But seconds into the video, the face of the owner of one of the City’s most famous Bakeries drops as the current and former more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has released a report analyzing how UberEats and DoorDash engineered design tricks in their interfaces to make it harder for consumers to tip Delivery Workers. The report shows tips for UberEats and DoorDash Delivery Workers fell by more than $550 million, while holding more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses fought and cleared a major hurdle on one of the key sticking points in bargaining - maintaining health benefits for Front-Line Nurses and their families. Working through Mediators, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian have agreed to maintain the current high-quality NYSNA more»

New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West and NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City resumed bargaining on Thursday (January 23rd) after being urged back to the negotiating table by Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Mamdani. NYSNA said its Nurses stand ready to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City have voted by a 76% margin (542-to-172) in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election to Unionize with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110. The ballots of an additional 100 people remain sealed because they were challenged by the Museum, which objected to inclusion of these more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In his New Years Day inaugural address delivered on the steps of City Hall, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared he would “return the vast resources of this City to the Workers who call it home.” In the past three weeks since he made those remarks, Mamdani has made a series of appointments and moves that, Union Leaders say, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Just before the start of New York City’s largest-ever Nurses Strike, Mount Sinai terminated three Nurses via voicemail for “interfering with patient safety." In the days after the firings were made public the Nurses and their Union, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), called that a false accusation and criticized the more»

Communications Workers of America (CWA)-represented Journalists and Staffers have kicked off contract bargaining at The New York Times. Decked out in red, the New York Times Guild Members - represented by The NewsGuild (TNG)-CWA Local 31003, entered into bargaining with five core demands: Wage increases; Remote work flexibility; Protections against the more»