(NEW YORK CITY) - Condé Nast executives - who’ve sought to intimidate and surveil the company’s Unionized Workers since management announced layoff plans in November - are now facing further legal action from The NewsGuild of New York over unlawful bargaining tactics during Condé Union’s layoff negotiations. Condé more»

(THE BRONX) - Workers represented by United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259 have gone out on Strike at City World Ford in the Bronx. The Workers, who voted unanimously to unionize with Local 259 in July (2023), charge dealership management has repeatedly ignored the Union’s requests for information and dates to bargain. Fed up with the response, the more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports nearly 1,000 Full-Time Non-Tenure track New York University (NYU) Faculty Members will vote in a Union Election later this year - free from interference by university management, according to an agreement between the United Auto Workers and NYU Officials that was signed last week. If the Professors succeed, their more»

Sahalie Donaldson and Annie McDonough at CityAndStateNY.com report New York City’s largest Teachers’ Union is joining forces with the Staten Island Borough President to file a Federal lawsuit seeking to block the upcoming implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan, arguing that rerouted traffic - a possible side effect of the plan - could more»

(BETHPAGE, NEW YORK) - In late December (2023), 49 Workers at EmPower-Solar in Bethpage voted overwhelmingly to join United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259. The organizing victory was achieved despite the company hiring Union Busting lawyers and lobbyists in attempt to thwart their Employees’ efforts to Unionize. Then on December 29th, the company more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports more than 380 Starbucks locations and 9,000 Employees across the country have Unionized since a store in Buffalo became the Coffee Giant’s first Branch to join Starbucks Workers United in December 2021. However, none of them have gotten a contract so far. Despite successful Union Campaigns at national more»

This year, the whole world watched as Workers across New York City and across the country came together in an unprecedented wave of activism and solidarity. In New York City, we saw more than 70,000 Striking Workers hit the streets demanding fair contracts, improved working conditions, protections against unregulated technology and a voice at work. Health more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – During the final days of holiday shopping rush, Unionized Workers at Barnes & Noble - who are represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), stopped work and walked off the job to protest the company’s failure to return on economic portions of the contract amid their highest sales season. The more»

Isabel Song Beer at The Brooklyn Paper reports 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Realty Advisory Board reached a tentative contract agreement today (Thursday, December 28th) - ahead of the current contract’s December 31st expiration date. 32BJ SEIU represents 17,000 of New York City’s Commercial Building Cleaners. The more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress recently took its readers behind the curtain and the spotlight at Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular, which has become a Holiday tradition for the more than 90 years that the show has been running. And it has been its International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 1-represented Backstage more»

Center Square Contributor Christian Wade (Via The Washington Examiner and MSN.com) reports that more than 2,100 New York public workers will be getting bonus checks for overtime during the COVID-19 Pandemic, under a new Labor Agreement. The Public Employees Federation and the Civil Service Employees Association have reached an agreement with the Hochul more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader takes a look at a recent report by the Center for American Progress (CAP) that shows Union Workers - on average, earn more than their Non-Union counterparts, according to government data. But the benefits of being in a Union are felt even more greatly by Workers with disabilities, the study shows. Unionized Workers with more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports that following a 12-day Strike and a year-long fight for a first contract, more than 500 Post-Doctoral Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai represented by the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with the hospital. The deal, announced by the Sinai Postdoctoral more»

The Binghamton News reports on United University Professions Member/Binghamton University Assistant Professor Jackie McGinley, whose family donated a 80-foot tall, 43-foot wide, 12-ton Norway Spruce that was in her side yard to be the official Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. “It was one of the easiest decisions that we’ve ever made. As a more»

Chris Roush at TalkingBusinessNews.com reports Unionized Editorial Workers employed at Law360 held a one-day Strike on Wednesday (December 13th), highlighted by a mid-afternoon rally and a day-long picket line outside corporate headquarters in New York City. The work stoppage comes after The NewsGuild of New York filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charge more»

New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga has penned a Labor Perspective that was published in LaborPress, where she addressed a victory for Restaurant Delivery Workers: New York City is a Working People’s City and (Mayor Eric) Adams Administration is committed to advancing solutions to provide more»

Silver Krieger at LaborPress reports on the huge, stunning Christmas Tree that appears each year at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, which is seen by millions each year, some in person (that amount is estimated to be at 125 million) and others through live television broadcasts when the tree is lit at the end of November, after more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Netflix Production Accountants working in New York and New Jersey have reached an agreement with Netflix to be recognized as Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 161. The studio agreed to a card count by a neutral third party in November, which just revealed an overwhelming majority of the more»

Karen Juanita Carrillo at The New York Amsterdam News reports Union-represented Maintenance Workers, Porters and Handypersons who keep New York City’s offices operating are trying to negotiate a new contract. The current pact is set to expire on December 31st. 32BJ SEIU (the Service Employees International Union) represents 20,000 Workers who labor more»

WABC-TV reports there was a sea of red outside Governor Kathy Hochul's office in Midtown, Manhattan - a show of solidarity as hundreds of City University of New York (CUNY) supporters demanded more financial help. "For the last two years, the governor and legislature has managed to - but we need to do better going forward," Professional Staff Congress more»

Joanna Fantozzi at The Nation’s Restaurant News reports the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court has upheld legislation passed over the Summer that will gradually increase the minimum wage for App-based Delivery Workers in New York City to $19.96, denying an appeal from the three major third-party Delivery Apps - DoorDash, Uber and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 and the New York City Ballet (NYCB) have jointly announced a successful resolution to negotiations, resulting in a three-year contract for its Unionized Orchestra Members. Local 802 and Ballet Management issued the following joint statement: "Local 802 and New York City Ballet are happy to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Whether it’s the flooding of basement apartments in the outer Boroughs of New York City, deadly blizzards in Buffalo, heat waves on Long Island or wildfire smoke blanketing skies across the State, New Yorkers have increasingly felt the effects of a changing climate over the last two years. And the effects are pushing Environmental more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - When the day is done for the tens of thousands working in offices in the Empire State Building, at One World Trade Center, Hudson Yards and hundreds of other buildings in New York City, Cleaning Crews move in, carry out their tasks in relative quiet and anonymity and, after a few hours, also leave. But the Commercial Cleaners, along with more»

Anusuya Lahiri at Benzinga reports Bloomberg is reporting Apple is under scrutiny from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for not extending a benefits increase to Unionized Retail Employees last year. Earlier this week, an NLRB Regional Director filed a complaint, alleging the Technology Company breached Federal Labor Regulations. This action more»

Richard Khavkine at The Chief Leader reports the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Metro-North Railroad have reached a tentative contract agreement that impacts 600 Train Mechanics, Inspectors, Cleaners and Cabinet Makers - and they will have to do it all again soon. The retroactive deal, covering Workers represented by TWU Local 2001 and TWU Local 2055, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Unionized REI Workers with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)/United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) have filed coordinated, nationwide Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges against their employer, Recreational Equipment, Incorporated (REI), over the company’s bad faith bargaining more»

The ballots have been counted and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have announced Weill Cornell Medicine Post-Docs have voted by an overwhelming 98.8% to form their Union - Weill Cornell Medicine Post-Docs United-UAW. The Post-Docs had filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board to form their Union in early October, with support cards from more more»

(MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses from three Montefiore facilities - Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Nyack -gathered alongside Community Allies and Elected Officials today (Tuesday, November 14th) to sound the alarm about the staffing crisis facing all three hospitals that threatens to impact more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - Workers at the Brooklyn Museum, Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first Union contract, one day before the union had been set to Strike on Wednesday (November 8th). “We’re thrilled to have finally reached this agreement with the Museum,” Elizabeth St. George, more»

The Chief Leader and The Real Deal are both reporting on New York City Lawmakers who want to raise wages for Non-Union Construction Workers, as well as increase home building projects. The extremely low wages of such Workers, some who make only $15-and-hour, are pushing Construction Workers out of New York City because they can no longer afford to live more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports Post-Doctoral Workers at Columbia University have ratified a contract that provides 24% raises over the course of a three-year pact and establishes a $500,000 Hardship Fund. Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-United Auto Workers Local 4100, which reached a tentative agreement with the University in late October, says more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Unionized Workers employed at Scholastic - the children’s publishing powerhouse - walked out in protest of the billion-dollar company’s refusal to pay its Employees fair wages, specifically its rejection of the Scholastic Union’s proposal for annual raises. Members of Scholastic Union did not report to work on more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - Unionized Staff at the Brooklyn Museum, who are Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110, have set a Strike deadline and will begin picketing the Museum on November 8th if no agreement on a contract is reached before that date. “We have been trying to negotiate a fair contract with the Museum for two years and at this more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Times Tech Guild - the largest Union of Tech Workers with Collective Bargaining Rights in the country - walked out Monday afternoon (October 30th) in protest of The New York Times’ flagrant disregard for their rights as Union Members. Times management has continually attempted to coerce Members to comply with its unlawful more»

Richard Khavkine at The Chief Leader reports New York City’s Sanitation Workers Union and the Adams Administration have reached agreement on a five-year, two-month contract that, pending ratification by the Rank-and-File, will bring Sanitation Workers compounded pay increases of nearly 19% over the life of the deal. It also consolidates the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Musicians of the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Orchestra have won their first Union Contract, the New York City Musicians’ Union - the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802, has announced. Their victory comes after four years of negotiations. The Musicians’ Negotiating Committee, in a more»

Paul Liotta at The Staten Island Advance reports employers across New York can no longer access private Social Media accounts of their Workers or job applicants, thanks to a new law Governor Kathy Hochul signed last month. The legislation, brought by State Senator Jessica Ramos (Democrat-Queens) and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (Democrat-The Bronx) in more»

Multiple Media Outlets are reporting on a tentative contract for 6,400 New York City Public School Supervisors and Administrators, who are represented by the Council of School Administrators and Supervisors Union. The five-year deal would provide School Principals, Assistant Principals and other Administrators with 16.77% raises and annual retention more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports the Union representing Workers at FDR Services Corporation, which provides laundry cleaning services for NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, has called on the hospital to end its financial relationship with the company, which they say has endangered Workers by exposing them to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Two Employees of a Bronx Water and Sewer Line Construction Contractor were fatally injured in a trench at a construction site at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in Queens on April 3rd (2023). These fatalities could have been prevented if their employer, Triumph Construction Corporation, had ensured proper safeguards, a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Orchestra of New York City Music Producer Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Members of American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802, has reached a tentative five-year contract agreement after eight months on Strike and four years of bargaining. Workers were fighting for the very essential rights that every more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su recently joined the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United in New York City for a roundtable discussion highlighting issues faced by Restaurant Workers. The roundtable centered on the ways the organization employs grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, including the Occupational Safety more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports New York’s Labor Movement joined together in remembrance at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place in Greenwich Village last week for the dedication of a permanent memorial to the 146 Garment Workers who were killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory more than 112 years ago. Many spoke about the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Jewish Museum Staff have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first Union Contract after more than a year of organizing and negotiations. “The whole process of Unionizing our workplace has been transformative for us as Museum Staff and it’s empowering to know we have legally enforceable rights supporting us and our more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports Real Estate Developers in New York City would be required to pay Prevailing Wages to Construction Workers employed on City projects that have large public subsidies, according to legislation being pushed by Members of the City Council. The Fair Share Act would establish a Prevailing Wage requirement - salary and more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress reports on 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Cleaning Workers who rallied outside the headquarters of a Real Estate Group last week where they were fired as soon as the new owner took over the lease of a Midtown Office Building. The Sioni Group left the six-Member Cleaning Crew suddenly without health more»

Hamilton Nolan at The Guardian reports now that the 148-day-long Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike is over. But now, Nolan says, the hard part begins. The contract itself is, above all, a wonderful validation of the value of Strikes. According to the WGA, the studios ended up nearly tripling the value of their initial offers, from $86 million a year more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Actors’ Equity Association, the National Labor Union representing more than 51,000 Professional Actors and Stage Managers in live theatre, has organized the Production Assistants (PAs) who work as part of Stage Management Teams on Broadway and sit-down productions produced by members of The Broadway League. The Bargaining Unit more»

Richard Khavkine at The Chief Leader reports Workers employed throughout Audubon’s Chapters say management has been dismissive of their contributions and insensitive to complaints of harassment and worse. Now, a year and half after overwhelmingly voting to Unionize, roughly 250 Audubon Workers await a first contract, increasingly frustrated with the more»