(NEW YORK CITY) - The Public Defender Union representing hundreds of Attorneys and Staff across Brooklyn and Queens have walked off the job after a 21-hour marathon bargaining session this week failed to result in a contract agreement. The Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) Union represents around 500 Staff, including 280 Attorneys - as well as Social more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx where 12 Nurses - who were laid off - are now being replaced with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered software, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), which represents Nurses at the Hospital. National Nurses United (NNU), the parent Union of NYSNA, has been more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Broadway Cleaners, represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have reached a tentative contract agreement with theater owners. Members across more than 30 venues voted in late June to authorize a potential work stoppage if the Broadway League refused to settle a fair contract. Highlights of the agreement include a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Editorial Staff of Harper’s Magazine, Union Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110, held a one-day Strike to protest the Magazine’s contract offer. Workers Unionized in 2024 and have been trying to negotiate a contract for almost two years. Workers cite low wages as a primary cause of the dispute. The Entry Level more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In all the worries and angst over loss of jobs nationwide, what is often overlooked is that there are certain skills, observations and alertness only humans can perform - such as preventing a catastrophic building collapse in Midtown Manhattan. That’s what happened at 235 East 42nd Street on July 7th, when two Members of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than 600 Union-eligible Employees at the Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest Trade Publisher in the U.S., Workers have voted 388-to-130 to Unionize with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. The newly-certified Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC) will now begin negotiating its first Collective Bargaining Agreement with the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Mamdani Administration has secured more than $2.3 million in restitution for Workers from four employers accused of violating New York City's Worker Protection Laws, with more than 1,600 Workers set to receive compensation. The settlements, reached by the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, require Walgreens, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Union-represented Hotel Workers employed at the Fairfield by Marriott New York Manhattan Times Square and at the Four Points by Sheraton Midtown-Times Square on West 40th Street - who are calling for an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) boycott, are picketing outside the Times Square Hotels. The Workers voted to become Members of the Hotel more»

Nicole Rosky at BroadwayWorld reports more than 250 Union-represented Cleaners have voted to authorize a Strike that would impact 30 Broadway Theaters showing Tony award-winning productions like Schmigadoon, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Wicked and The Lion King. This marks the first time Broadway Cleaners have authorized a Strike in nearly two decades. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Mamdani Administration is asking a Federal Court to block a Delivery App from operating in New York City, alleging the company paid Workers as little as $3.67 an hour in violation of the City's Minimum Wage Laws. The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) and the City's Law Department have filed a motion more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The owner of Luxury Clothing Brand Salon 1884 was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for allegedly forcing Employees to work long hours while stealing up to $54,000 of wages. Andrea Marshal, 44, has been charged with one count of grand larceny, one count of scheming to defraud, one count of effect of failure to secure more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The death of Deniz, a carriage horse that collapsed and died in Central Park, has reignited debate over New York City's Horse-Carriage Industry. But for the Carriage Drivers represented by Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, the days following the horse's death have also brought a wave of threats, harassment and anti-Immigrant attacks more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – An overwhelming majority of eligible Staff at Schneps Media Network of hyperlocal news outlets spanning New York City and Long Island have announced the creation of a Union to secure competitive wages, sustainable working conditions and strengthen the news organization’s mission of providing objective local Journalism in the more»

Claudia Irizarry Aponte at The City Reporter reports that for more than a year, Esly Paredes shared regular dispatches of her life as a Delivery Driver for Amazon to her small following on TikTok - dishing on her preferred lunch spots and fashion scores among hundreds of videos of herself hauling packages and killing time between shifts. In one post in late more»

Amir Khafagy at Documented reports New Yorkers continue to struggle with an affordability crisis and the City’s Municipal Workers are no exception. Now, one Union is calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to finally release a report that could give better insight into pay disparity among City Workers. Since 2019, the Mayor’s Office has been legally more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers employed at a local Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Advocacy Organization - the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), have demanded voluntary recognition of their Union: CACF Workers United (CACF WU). The organization is led by Co-Executive Directors, Anita Gundanna and Vanessa Leung. CACF’s more»

(NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK) – Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/United Food & Commercial Workers (RWDSU/UFCW) Local 1102-represented Food Service Workers employed at Chartwells Compass Group at Iona University in New Rochelle New York, and Union Leadership, have taken a lead in labor negotiations by ratifying a contract with Artificial more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Unionized Residential New York City Building Workers have overwhelmingly approved their historic new contract that covers 34,000 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Members. Union Officials said 94% voted in favor of the contract that wins a 15% increase to guaranteed pension, protects 100% employer-paid health care, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As part of his broader Block by Block housing agenda, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced New York City will establish a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries in one of New York’s deadliest industries. “At a moment when Working People are being pushed out of the City they built, New York more»

Harper Freeman at The Chief reports a Franchisee operating Taco Bell and Dunkin’ locations in New York City will pay $1.5 million in restitution to more than 760 Workers under a settlement reached with the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP)-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital held a candlelight vigil outside the hospital last week to call attention to the rise in workplace violence. The contract for 1,400 Nurses at the Hospital expired on April 30th and Nurses are demanding a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Condé Nast Workers who were illegally fired and disciplined after taking part in a “march on the boss” in November 2025 have been vindicated as part of a substantial agreement won by The NewsGuild of New York. “Our fight as a Union is about more than a single contract. It is about ensuring more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH) has released its annual Construction Fatality Report - The 2026 Deadly Skyline Report, which reveals high numbers of construction fatalities throughout New York State. In 2024, 55 Construction Workers died on the job across New York State, down from a peak of 74 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Under a City Council resolution that was just passed, the Department of Education (DOE) would mark May as Labor History Month in public schools across New York City. The month of May includes International Workers Day, known as May Day, celebrated every May 1st, that honors the commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37, Home Care Employees Local 389, Disability Advocates and Labor Allies rallied at City Hall Park to urge the New York City Council to reject Intro. 303, legislation that would jeopardize Workers’ jobs, benefits and care for thousands of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The International Business Times reports Unionized Hotel Housekeepers in New York City will earn more than $100,000 annually under a groundbreaking and new contract reached between the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council (HTC) and the Hotel Industry of New York City, marking a significant victory for Workers grappling with the City's more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Teamsters with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and their Union Coalition have reached a tentative contract agreement with the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) to end the Carrier’s first Strike in more than three decades. The LIRR is the busiest Commuter Railroad in America, with 300,000 daily more»

(LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) - After hours of last-minute negotiations, no agreement on wage increases was reached between a coalition of five unions and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The coalition of Unions has gone more than three years without raises throughout the process of bargaining for a new contract. This is the first Strike at the carrier in 32 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Journalists employed at Sports Illustrated (SI) have won a new three-year contract that raises salary floors, saves on health care, protects remote work and enshrines protections on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Sports Illustrated Union, which represents 64 Journalists at the legendary Sports Media Organization, ratified the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 is playing a big role in New York City’s Solar Schools Program, where its highly-trained-and-skilled Members have completed installation of 130 solar rooftops on the City’s Public Schools since the passage of Local Law 99 a year and a half ago. New York City more»

Long-time Service Employees International Union United (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East President George Gresham has passed after a long illness. Gresham, who was born in 1955, began his career in Organized Labor as a Rank-and-File Members who worked at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City before rising to lead the largest Health Care Local Union in the more»

Steff Yotka at i-D reports New York City was abuzz with celebrities, designers, stylists and fans at the annual Met Gala on Monday night (May 5th), which was hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. It is, without question, the most popular fashion event in the world, celebrating celebrity, design and creativity alongside luxury more»

The Chief reports more than 600 Workers from New York City’s two largest Prison Re-Entry Organizations have gone public with their Unionization efforts. Staff at Fortune Society and the Osborne Association are calling for improved wages, benefits and working conditions. The two Unions represent more than 400 Workers at Fortune Society and around 200 more»

Matthew Euzarraga at PIX 11 reports there are just over two weeks until a potential Strike by Unionized Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Workers, who’ve gone three years without a raise. Union Leaders met last week with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) following heated discussions at a recent Board meeting. During the public comment period, more»

Hundreds of New York City Building and Construction Trades Workers processed into St Patrick's Cathedral in hardhats earlier this week, gathering for the annual Memorial Mass and Procession honoring their fellow Workers who have tragically died on the job over the past year. It was the 18th annual mass which has taken place at St. Patrick's since the crane more»

Gretel Kahn at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reports: Will AI (Artificial Intelligence) come for my job? This is the question at the heart of AI anxieties across many industries right now. For Journalists, this question is constantly being re-pondered and re-examined as more companies are incorporating AI into their workflows. AI can more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Employees of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest Trade Publisher in the U.S., have announced they have Unionized with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 32035 in order to ensure better benefits, protections and rights for Workers - as well as increased equity, transparency and agency more»

Nicholas St. Cyr at The Torch reports that after more than two months after St. John’s University’s Administration’s decision to no longer recognize the Unions during the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation process, they have decided to take legal action. The St. John’s Chapter of the American Association of University more»

Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan at The City report City Hall Officials met with Union Leaders who are pushing Mayor Zohran Mamdani to veto a controversial City Council Bill that would establish anti-protest buffer zones around schools and educational facilities. A representative of Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su met via video call with more»

Harper Freeman at The Chief reports New York City Labor is calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to tax the rich. Nearly a dozen Unions have signed a letter that was sent to Hochul urging her to get behind revenue-raising measures proposed in the one-house budgets of the State Assembly and State Senate - as well as other additional tax increases. Raising taxes more»

(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»