(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»

Brooklyn-based Civil Legal Services Organization Build Up Justice NYC has agreed to voluntarily recognize the BUJ Staff Union, which announced their intent to join the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA)-United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325 in early January (2026). Workers there aim to establish a wall-to-wall Union to secure sustainable more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has released the following statement in response to Governor Kathy Hochul's 2026 State of the State Address: The Governor’s State of the State (Address) makes clear that she is choosing to lead with her values - protecting children, supporting families and more»

Lindsay Gibbs at CBS Sports reports that on Friday night (January 9th), 30 minutes before the deadline for a new contract agreement between the WNBA and its Players Union was set to pass, the WNBA Players Association released a statement blasting the league for its negotiating tactics and accusing it of trying to run out the clock: "At midnight, the 2020 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) Nurses began an Unfair Labor Practice Strike on Monday (January 12th). After months of bargaining, management refused to make meaningful progress on core issues that Nurses have been fighting for: Safe staffing for patients; Health care benefits for Nurses; and Workplace violence protections, more»

CBS News reports the potential for a major Nurses’ Strike in New York City is growing by the minute, after major hospitals and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) failed to negotiate new contracts before Sunday's midnight deadline. As a result, nearly 15,000 Nurses are slated to walk off the job today (Monday, January 12th) at Montefiore more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Today (January 9th) New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses held an emergency solidarity action at the League of Voluntary Hospitals to demand Hospital Executives from the City’s wealthiest Hospitals agree to protect patient and nurse safety. While Safety-Net Hospitals have protected Nurses’ health more»

Dave Muoio at Fierce Healthcare reports New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have rescinded Strike notices given to seven New York City Safety-Net Hospitals after making "major progress" on the terms of to-be-settled contracts. Still, NYSNA said there's an ongoing gulf between their demands and the positions of five other Hospitals more»

In 2025, the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council stood with Workers through a year shaped by resistance, resilience, and collective action. From the start, the Labor Council worked alongside Union Members, Labor leaders and allies to respond to Federal actions that threatened Worker Rights and protections, while advancing a strong local agenda more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at 12 Private Sector Hospitals have delivered Strike notices to management. The Strike notices were delivered two days after contract expiration on December 31st (2025 and give hospital management 10 days to reach a fair contract that protects safe patient care more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC) President Gary LaBarbera recently joined with New York City Office of Talent and Workforce Development Executive Director Doug Lipari to announce $7 billion in City Capital Projects will be completed by the Unionized Construction Industry. This will ensure fair wages and more»

Gabriele Holtermann at The Brooklyn Paper reports as the New York City Council heads into a new term beginning January 1st (2026), the Association of Legislative Employees (ALE) - which represents nearly 500 Council Aides, Finance Analysts and Senior Financial Analysts, is urging Council Members to publicly commit to not laying off or terminating Staff more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – With just days before current Mayor Eric Adams leaves office, Unions representing more than 5,100 New York City Workers have yet to agree to new Collective Bargaining Agreements during his term. In the nearly four years Adams has been in office the City has reached numerous agreements with City Unions representing more than 98% of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have overwhelmingly approved the use of Strikes at 12 New York City Private Sector Hospitals as a December 31st contract expiration date approaches. The vote gives their Unionized Nurses’ Bargaining Committees the authority to call a Strike if a contract that protects safe more»

Laborers Local Union 1010 (LIUNA) took action in solidarity with the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) last week by rolling a custom LED billboard outside the WNBPA League Office and NBA Store in Manhattan, calling on League Leadership to reach a fair contract deal that values Players and secures the future of the WNBA. Framed as more»

The New York City Council has passed the Construction Justice Act, Intro 0910 - a Labor-supported Bill that establishes clear community hiring and compensation standards for City-assisted housing development projects, ensuring that when public resources are used to build housing, they also support family-sustaining work and stronger economic outcomes in the more»

Charlotte Hansen at CNYCentral.com reports New York State Attorney General Letitia James has announced she is suing UPS. The shipping company is accused of underpaying thousands of Holiday Workers across New York State during peak season by failing to record all hours worked and manipulating timekeeping systems to reduce paid hours. UPS is the largest more»

(WOODSIDE, QUEENS) – More than 200 Drivers employed at Amazon’s DBK1 Facility in Woodside, Queens have organized a Union with Teamsters Local 804. Workers marched on company management this to deliver the news and demand a union contract, becoming the latest to join nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across five states who have organized with the more»

Nazeefa Ahmed at The Chief reports Postdoctoral Researchers represented by the Einstein Researchers United Union recently rallied in the Bronx to call for for labor protections and fair wages from the Einstein College of Medicine Administration. The gathering happened before the latest bargaining session with management and included Union Members and allies more»