Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports the Strike by Hollywood Actors and Writers threatens to have significant ripple effects in New York City, where industry stages, sound studios and production lots have shut down, some having closed even before Performers joined the Writers on the picket lines last month. The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen more»

The Empire Report reports as construction on JPMorgan Chase’s new headquarters building at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan surpasses the halfway mark, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon joined Gary LaBarbera, the President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, to personally thank the more than 1,200 Unionized more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have won a new contract with NYC Health+Hospitals (H+H)/Mayoral Agencies and the City of New York, which including an award for pay parity and safe staffing, several agreements to improve Nurse retention, and the creation of a city-wide Nurse Float Pool to improve staffing more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – By a vote of 43-to-8, Employees at Brooklyn’s popular Vital Climbing Gym have won their Union Election to become members of Climbers United. Workers at the 45,000 square-foot location in Williamsburg decided to work towards Unionization after Company Employees at the Manhattan location successfully formed Climbers United more»

Variety reports Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson has made a “seven-figure donation” to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation (A non-profit organization associated with the Union, but not part of it), answering a plea sent out to 2,700 of the Guild’s highest-paid Members to help offset financial hardships brought about by the Strike. SAG-AFTRA more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief-Leader reports Workers at Barboncino in Crown Heights have been serving up wood-fired pizzas and Italian-American classics for more than a decade in a brick-lined dining room off Franklin Avenue. Since May, they’ve been serving an extra side of solidarity with each salumi board, Caesar salad and four-cheese pie. That was more»

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has announced its Core Principles for the Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Technologies in the Entertainment Industry. The move follows the Union’s creation of a Commission on Artificial Intelligence in May. These principles reflect IATSE’s more»

Steven Greenhouse at The Guardian reports that for decades, the United Farm Workers (UFW) - a powerhouse under American Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez in the 70s - has declined in size and prominence, its Membership falling from 60,000 to around 6,000. Now, after years of scant success in organizing, the UFW has something big to boast more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports that more than 600 Food and Beverage Workers employed at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn have reached a tentative contract agreement with their employer this week for a new contract that would expand health care eligibility, raise wages and allow some Workers to start receiving tips. It also provides for more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325-represented Employees of the Children’s Law Center (CLC) have gone on Strike, hitting the picket line over their demands for fair wages and better working conditions. The CLC is a 26-year-old, Non-Profit Law Firm, and the first organization in New York City dedicated primarily to the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Fiduciaries of a Retirement Plan sponsored by DST Systems Inc. - including New York City-based investment management firm Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Incorporated, will pay more than $124.6 million to resolve violations of Federal Law related to their failure to manage the profit-sharing portion of the plan properly. DST Systems, an more»

John Schilling at QNS.com reports on a sea of orange that emerged outside City Hall in Lower Manhattan late last week as Union Carpenters and Elected Leaders gathered there to call out the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) for breaking their promise to employ Union Workers in the construction of Willets Point. The Union called out the more»

Michael Gannon at The Queens Chronicle reports Rank-and-File Membership of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has ratified a new five-year contract with New York City. The Union reports 74.6% of its Members supported the agreement with more than 95,000 ballots returned. The contract calls for raises of 3%, 3%, 3%, 3.25% and 3.5%, annual bonuses that more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress reports that across New York City, Teamsters-represented UPS Workers are increasingly showing they are ready for a potential Strike at the end of the month. After the Teamsters and UPS broke off negotiations last week, Members of Teamsters Local 804 walked a practice picket line outside a UPS Warehouse in Maspeth, Queens. more»

Victoria Bekiempis at The Guardian reports that a week before New York City’s App-based Delivery Workers were poised to see an hourly minimum wage increase, several Tech Companies fired lawsuits that have temporarily delayed this change. Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay have filed lawsuits in Manhattan State Civil Court, alleging a recently greenlit more»

Mary Cunningham at CITYLIMITS reports on Construction Workers in New York City, who had to navigate the recent and new health risks posed by Canadian wildfire smog. The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York urged Workers to take precautions. Building Trades President Gary LaBarbera said he’d “relayed the health risks more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports on Union Representatives from the Subway-Surface Supervisors Association, the Amalgamated Transit Union and the United Transit Leadership Organization holding a memorial service to honor those New York City Transit Workers who died of Covid-19. The tribute took place at the Charleston Bus Depot on Staten Island and more»

(MANHATTAN, NEW YORK) - After more than three months at the bargaining table, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) Members employed at Gracie Square Hospital, an affiliate of NewYork-Presbyterian, picketed outside the hospital last week and publicly demanded safe staffing and a fair contract. As New York City faces a mental-health crisis exacerbated more»

Brian Fleurantin at NetsDaily reports on Concession Workers who are employed at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, who recently rallied for better pay and health care coverage. Since last August, those Employees have been working without a contract. Negotiations recently broke off and with that break, several critical issues have yet to be resolved. Only more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A law passed in 2021 to improve patient safety by creating safe Staffing Standards in New York’s hospitals is making advances in its implementation. Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) sent a letter to all Hospital CEOs reminding them that their staffing plans were due on July 1st. The letter more»

Contributor Richard McGahey has authored a story that appears in Forbes that takes a look back on how Labor Unions saved New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s. New York’s brush with bankruptcy was staved off with the help of the American Federation of Teachers, which kept New York from entering formal bankruptcy through Pension Fund more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 3 has ended its seven-day Strike at WESCO is over, with the Union announcing a new contract has been reached and unanimously ratified by its Members. Management returned to the bargaining table earlier this week after its Workers were on the picket line and a fair agreement was more»

Ella Fassler at Truthout reports that this year, Workers from GrowNYC and FRESHFARM, two sustainable food access non-profits in New York City and the Washington, D.C. Metro Area - respectively, formed Unions. Workers who support and organize farmers markets, compost programs and other initiatives will now begin collectively bargaining for higher wages and more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports Oren Barzilay, who serves as President of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37/Local 2507 that represents EMTs, Paramedics and Fire Inspectors, is ripping raises afforded to New York City’s Delivery Workers - while Emergency Personnel like his Members go more»

MSN.com reports that Apple is once again in trouble for its Union Busting practices. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Judge has ruled Apple interfered with Employees' organizing efforts at its World Trade Center store in New York City after Workers, Bloomberg reports. Managers were found to have taken away Pro-Union fliers in a break room and more»

Amir Khafagy at DocumentedNY.com reports dozens of LaGuardia Airport Ramp and cabin Workers walked off the job on Thursday (June 22nd) in a dramatic escalation of a years-long struggle for fair wages and safe working conditions at one of the Nation’s busiest airports. The Workers, who are represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union more»

Mandalit del Barco at NPR reports Film and TV Writers are now in their eighth week on Strike against the Hollywood studios. Actors negotiating a new contract with the studios as members of the Union SAG-AFTRA may also go on Strike soon, which would shut down productions entirely. The Writers' fight for better pay and protections in the streaming economy is more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - After a two-year fight for a first contract and a 13-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike - the longest Digital Media Strike in history - Members of Insider Union have reached a tentative agreement with management, including settlement of a ULP related to management’s unilateral changing of Workers’ health care coverage. The more»

Matt Troutman at Patch reports a tentative $4 billion agreement would bring 11 Unions representing Uniformed Officers working for New York City under a new contract. The five-year deal announced by Mayor Eric Adams would cover 32,000 City Employees, including Police, Fire, the Sanitation Department and Department of Transportation, who are represented by more»

Homecare Providers at Community Care Companions have voted overwhelmingly to join 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Healthcare Workers East. From Long Island to Rochester to Buffalo, more than 1,600 Workers across all sectors of home health care now have a voice on the job. These Homecare Providers join more than 150,000 Unionized more»

Julia Malleck at qz.com reports Food Delivery Workers in the Big Apple have become the first in the country to get a minimum pay rate. On Sunday (June 11th), New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced new regulations that set the minimum wage for Delivery Workers at $17.96 per hour beginning July 12th, which will be increased to $19.96 in April 2025. There more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-Represented Nurses who are employed at New York City’s Public Hospitals rallied last week outside Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan and called on Mayor Eric Adams to do the right thing for racial and health care justice for New Yorkers. The Unionized Nurses are seeking a fair contract that will more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Workers employed at Barnes & Noble’s flagship New York City Store in Union Square have overwhelmingly voted - by 97%, in favor of Unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The vote to Unionize Workers at Barnes & Noble Flagship Union Square store was overseen by the National Labor more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York Building Congress released its New York Building Congress Across New York State Report, a snapshot of the contribution to construction and development in New York State by the organization’s more than 500 Members representing 250,000 Skilled Tradespeople and Professionals. The report provides an overview of the projects more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Delegates of the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council have approved fourth terms for President Vincent Alvarez and Secretary-Treasurer Janella Hinds. The vote carried by acclamation at a meeting of 148 delegates representing 69 Unions. Alvarez and Hinds, the Labor Federation’s first Latino President and Black more»

Trains reports excessive work hours pose a high safety risk for many Long Island Railroad Workers, according to a report issued by the Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector General. The audit, addressing hours for Workers not covered by Federal Railroad Administration hours-of-service regulations, found Engineering Department more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports a pilot program that will allow eligible City Employees represented by American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37 to work from home up to two days a week has been launched. The Program, announced by Union Officials and Mayor Eric Adams, will provide an opportunity for more»

Ross A. Lincoln reports more than 250 Editorial Staffers at Insider Inc., the parent company of Business Insider, went on strike today (Friday, June 2nd) after failing to resolve several disagreements with management over, among other things, the company's health care plan. "It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE. Management failed to agree on a fair more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - After long days of negotiations with little progress made, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have delivered a Strike Notice to administrators at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Pictured Above/NYSNA Screengrab Photo Via The Union’s Facebook Page). However, NYSNA Officials said they more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), which represents 30,000 Faculty and Staff at the City University of New York (CUNY), has sued the Public University System over what the Union claims is CUNY’s “repeated failure to deduct and submit Employee pension contributions” in a timely manner. The more»

Vilda Vera Mayuga seves as Commissioner for New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). She tells LaborPress that while the COVID-19 emergency might be over, a Worker’s right to take Paid Safe and Sick Leave is not. Under New York City’s Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law, covered Workers have the right to use Safe and more»

Emily Rahhal at Patch reports Barboncino in Crown Heights could be New York City's first Unionized pizzeria after a "super-majority" of the Staff supported a Union Election. Workers at the Franklin Avenue pizza joint - frequently lauded as one of Brooklyn's best - have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a Union Election. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - 165 Doctors represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR)-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) who are employed by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at Elmhurst Hospital have ended their Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike, with Doctors saying Mount Sinai finally bargained in good faith and made movement that was more»

Tessa Solomon at ARTnews reports Unionized Workers, represented by United Auto Workers Local 2110 at Manhattan’s Hispanic Society, have agreed to end an eight-week Strike after ratifying a contract agreement. “We return to work with our heads held high and with a strong contract,” the Union said. The 2.5-year contract raises salaries by more»

Kristie Keleshian & Christina Fan at CBS News report that for the first time in decades, Doctors are on the picket line in New York City. More than 150 Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR)/Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Resident Physicians at Elmhurst Hospital have started a planned five-day Strike. They're demanding pay more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses who are employed at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn have voted by 99.6% to authorize a Strike. The Nurses’ contract expired on April 30th (2023) and the 1,250 Nurses at NYP-Brooklyn Methodist have been in negotiations for months with the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Workers at GrowNYC have announced their employer will recognize the Workers’ Union formed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). In late April, a delegation of Workers representing nearly 200 Employees at around 70 GrowNYC Greenmarkets, farm stands and CSA pick-up locations, and who work across more»

Ben Brachfeld at AMNY.com reports leaders of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 - the largest Union representing Transit Workers, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Executives have failed to reach a contract agreement, blowing past the May 15th deadline when the old deal expired. TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis - whose Union more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports 300 Unionized Residents employed by the MediSys Health Network at Jamaica and Flushing Hospitals in New York City have reached a tentative contract deal, just hours before they were set to go on Strike. If ratified, the agreement will provide Resident Physicians represented by the Service Employees International more»

(QUEENS, NEW YORK) - Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR)/Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Resident Physicians at three essential Safety Net Hospitals in Queens are poised to Strike over their employers' continued bad faith bargaining and failures to make meaningful movement towards their demands, which include living wages and more»