Richard Khavkine at The Chief Leader reports that hundreds of NYPD Sergeants and their allies converged on West 125th Street late last week to decry the City’s stance on a long-standing salary issue their Union says is undermining both morale among its Members and recruitment into the rank. The Sergeants Benevolent Association and City Labor more»

In Albany, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has released the following statement in response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025 State of the State address: Governor Hochul’s address was a welcome declaration that she is focused on making New York more affordable for Working Families. NYSUT shares her vision to more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Just prior to Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) previewed a list of key items from the Statewide Teachers’ Union’s 2025 Legislative Agenda. Last year NYSUT’s advocacy achieved historic victories that included protecting school funding from more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has announced the release of new comprehensive guidance to help employers better protect Outdoor Workers during extreme cold weather. This initiative builds on the NYSDOL’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of Outdoor Workers during extreme weather events, following the release more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The New York State Department of Labor’s (NYSDOL) new law for contractors and sub-contractors (which took effect on December 30th, 2024) now calls for those who submit bids or perform construction work on public projects or certain private projects to be registered with the NYSDOL. Contractors must register before submitting any more»

Lukas Souza at SimpleFlying reports Southwest Airlines has been sued in the State of New York for not paying its Staff weekly. The Employees have filed suit, asking for $100 million in damages and requesting a jury trial. Southwest Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world in terms of fleet size. The suit was filed in the United States more»

NYSUT Editor’s Note: Melinda Person is President of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), a Statewide Education Union that represents 600,000 Members across New York. This Labor Perspective she wrote recently appeared in Newsday: It’s been several weeks since the election and the political world still reels with theories about what more»

Thousands of Models, Content Creators, Stylists and others working in New York State’s Fashion Industry will get paid on time, copied on contracts and agreements and notified of royalties they are owed as a result of legislation signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul. The Fashion Workers Act, sponsored by Manhattan Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – University of Rochester’s Medicine Home Care Team is continuing to stall during negotiations with its Professional and Clinical Workers over their first Union contract, the Union representing those Workers charge. The University of Rochester and 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East more»

(ONEIDA, NEW YORK) - On Tuesday (December 31st), New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses at Oneida Health Hospital marched to the office of CEO Felissa Koernig to demand management come back to the bargaining table and settle a fair contract with safe staffing and a real plan to retain Nurses for safe patient care. After months of more»

Eric Reinhardt at The Central New York Business Journal reports New York State has awarded DeWitt-based MACNY, the Manufacturers Association, $6.5 million to expand its Direct Entry Pre-Apprenticeship Programs. The grant will enable MACNY to extend its Real Life Rosies and Advance 2 Apprenticeship Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs into multiple regions more»

As the calendar turns to 2025, New York State is set to embark on a transformative journey with the introduction of new Laws that will significantly impact Labor, Social and Environmental spheres. These legislative changes are designed to not only improve economic conditions, but to ensure a higher standard of living for families and Workers throughout the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) employed at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Morningside and West have been fighting for correct and full wages for more than a year now. But despite winning their payroll arbitration, the issues have only gotten worse with the implementation of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal has released the following statement after Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the Local InPut in Community Healthcare Act (LICH): “It is very unfortunate that the Governor has decided to veto the Local Input in Community Healthcare (LICH) Act. This Bill, which passed by more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – The New York Times Tech Guild (TNG-CWA) Local 31003 has announced the Union will donate the remainder of its Strike Fund to Striking Workers at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who are waging the longest on-going Strike in the United States and facing their third Holiday Season on Strike. The donation of $114,000 will bolster more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has released a report examining the impact of New York’s Safe Staffing Laws that passed in 2021. The report is the first attempt to measure the impact the Law has had on staffing levels in New York’s Hospitals. Unsafe staffing levels in New York’s Hospitals undermine the more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A Coalition of Environmental Activists, Faith and Labor Leaders and students are calling on New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Climate Change Superfund Act - a new Law that would hold polluters accountable for climate damage they caused. The Coalition made its case during a press conference held on the state more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – A super-majority of Workers employed at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Office of New York have announced their intent to form a Union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153. The IRC New York Office is the eighth IRC Regional Office to announce the formation of their Union with more»

Staff at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote on Unionization with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110. The wall-to-wall Unit that Local 2110 has petitioned for includes Educators, Gallery Attendants, Curatorial Staff, Archivists, Retail, Warehouse, Facilities and Other Administrative more»

(LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) – Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) held a speak-out and informational picket outside Mount Sinai South Nassau Monday (December 9th) as they continue their fight for their first contract. The Union Nurses seek safe staffing, respectful wages and improved benefits that keep experienced Nurses more»

JDSupra reports that beginning on January 1st (2025), New York State will become the first State in the United States to require all private employers to provide their Employees with Paid Prenatal Personal Leave. The new Law, proposed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul in the 2024 State of the State, was signed into law in April 2024 as an amendment to New more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person released the following statement on the Rockefeller institute of Government Foundation Aid Study: For too long, outdated models and inequitable funding formulas have left many students - especially those in high-need districts - without the resources they need to thrive. more»

Austin Keating at Snips News reports the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has recovered $877,866 in back wages and benefits for 36 Workers who were underpaid by contractors on Federally funded projects in New York City. The USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division found three Long Island contractors misclassified Employees and failed to pay Prevailing Wages more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal (pictured above) is one of eight members appointed to a New York State-created Advisory Panel that will make recommendations on the future of SUNY (State University of New York) Downstate University Hospital in Brooklyn. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced the more»

(HAMILTON, NEW YORK) - Colgate University’s Center for Women’s Studies hosted the Workers’ Center of Central New York (WCCNY) for their weekly Brown Bag series earlier this month as WCCNY Executive Director Jessica Maxwell explained the purpose of the community-based membership organization, which works to improve economic and working more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) Members employed at WNET THIRTEEN have unanimously ratified a new two-year Collective Bargaining Agreement. The 10-Member WNET Bargaining Unit, which consists of Promotional Writers for the Tri-State area PBS Station THIRTEEN, secured job protections that will allow them to continue doing their vital more»

Johan Sheridan at News Nation reports Labor Leaders and Community Groups say New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature should act now to protect Working Families. Against the backdrop of a looming Trump Administration, they outlined how to keep New Yorkers from getting left behind. Advocates demanded relief from rising costs and safeguards more»

(SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK) – Mediation held at the Catholic Health/St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center to address repeated understaffing issues in the Emergency Department (ED) has ended in a positive result for Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). For months, the Smithtown Hospital has been plagued by understaffing, more»

There’s no sugarcoating it. Election Day was a tough one for Organized Labor nationally. The second Presidency of Donald Trump will challenge us all to defend the achievements of the last four years, and the rights and benefits that the Working Class has earned through years of struggle. We have to redouble our efforts to reach out to the more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – State University at New York (SUNY) students are invited to apply for annual scholarships of $3,000 offered by United University Professions (UUP), the Union representing Academic and Professional Faculty at SUNY Campuses across New York. The deadline to apply for the UUP College Scholarship Fund Undergraduate Scholarship more»

WROC-TV reports the New York Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has awarded more than $1 million to four Rochester area organizations for Apprenticeship Programs. Those receiving awards were: Foodlink, Incorporated - $300,000; Direct Entry Pre-Apprenticeship - $162,000; The Eastman Kodak Company - $285,000; The Rochester Tooling and Machining Institute/Rochester more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Frederick Kowal – who heads the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, has released the following statement on the State University of New York (SUNY) System withholding operating aid for SUNY Downstate University Hospital: It is shameful and indefensible that State aid has more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - For the third consecutive year, Governor Kathy Hochul has proclaimed November New York State Apprenticeship Month as part of her continued support of this highly effective Workforce Development Model that is helping to prepare the next generation of New Yorkers for the careers of tomorrow. As part of the announcement, the New York more»

Higher Education wasn’t a big issue during the Presidential Election, but one thing is certain now that Donald Trump is President-Elect: Change is coming to colleges and universities across the country. Exactly what kind of change remains to be seen - but expect colleges and universities to be under much more scrutiny than are now, which will more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - In a bid to recruit and retain Entry-Level State Workers, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has announced raises for thousands working in professional traineeships. About 2,100 individuals are participating in professional traineeships at 46 State Agencies, including the Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person, whose Statewide Teachers Union represents 700,000 Members, has issued a statement on the results of the 2024 General Election: The voters have spoken. While the outcome of the Presidential Election is not what we had hoped, our commitment to justice does not end at more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has announced the release of comprehensive new Guidance To Help Employers Better Protect Outdoor Workers during heavy precipitation events and wildfire smoke hazards. This initiative builds on the NYSDOL's ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of Outdoor Workers in extreme weather, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Unionized Laborers converged on a block on Manhattan’s Far West Side last week to hear Union Leaders denounce what they are calling the “anti-development” policies of Special Interest Groups and City Officials, who they said are stalling construction and compromising the livelihood of Trades People. The Labor more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Albany Med Nurses are wondering how far management is willing to go to hide the staffing crisis and silence Front Line Caregivers who are speaking out about patient care issues. After refusing to share the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) report with Nurses on the more»

Leaders across industries are quick to tell us that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform our world. We don’t disagree. But as news of algorithmic bias, manipulative deepfakes and the potential automation of millions of jobs piles up, we must put appropriate guardrails in place, especially when it comes to our State’s use of AI tools. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The new agreement for the popular show Drunk Shakespeare and its seasonal companion production Drunk Dracula codifies practices around workplace safety, job definitions, terms of employment and job security. Under this contract, all Employees will accrue health benefits, vacation and sick leave, with many Employees seeing wage increases more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Thousands of Construction Workers joined the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (NYCBCTC) last week, rallying against anti-development campaigns led by special interest groups who oppose high rise construction with arguments that tall buildings will create shadows, obstruct views and cause “wind more»

Nick Brown at Daily Coffee News reports a New York City Specialty Coffee Chain called White Noise Coffee is facing a lawsuit from the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) alleging violations related to overtime pay and record keeping. The lawsuit, which alleges violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, claims its owners failed to provide the more»

(POTSDAM, NEW YORK) - SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Local 200United Members employed at Clarkson-Sodexo are calling upon the company to deliver fair wages to its Food Service Workers. The average Union Member at Clarkson-Sodexo makes less than $16,000 per year. Even as Seasonal Employees, this pathetically low income makes it impossible for more»

Parker Purifoy at Bloomberg News reports Starbucks has been hit with its first bargaining order under the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) landmark Cemex Doctrine after an NLRB Administration Law Judge found it committed multiple legal violations in the lead-up to a Union Election at a New York Store. The order held Starbucks managers more»

(QUEENS, NEW YORK) – U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng recently joined leaders in Queens from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3, the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund and the New York Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) to celebrate the announcement of $3.8 million in funding for a state-of-the-art Green Energy more»

Forbes Advisor has mapped out the landscape of average salaries across the United States. Belle Wong at Forbes Advisor reports that from the highest to the lowest, the figures provide the full picture of salaries from State to State, by occupation and by gender. Forbes Advisor crunched numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics data to provide a detailed more»

Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports Condé Nast has reached a tentative three-year contract agreement with The New Yorker Union. Details of the agreement were not immediately available, but Kilkenny reported the new deal broached issues of health care, family leave, paid time off, diversity and career development. The deal arrives a more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A deadline for Albany Medical Center to submit a corrective plan in response to a New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) report that found the hospital repeatedly violated New York State’s Safe Staffing Laws has passed and Nurses and other Front-Line Caregivers on the hospital’s Staffing Committee have still not seen more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Graduate Student Workers at Mount Sinai in New York City have won their Union, according to votes tabulated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Sinai Student Workers-UAW (SSW-UAW) has announced. The new Unit will represent the more than 300 Graduate Workers across Mount Sinai who make up a large percentage of the overall more»