(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Schools across New York State are working diligently to comply with new, more stringent lead standards that will make school drinking water even safer for students, educators and others who spend time in school buildings. New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Health and Safety has created: A fact sheet to help schools familiarize more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Carter Myers-Brown at The Chief reports on New York City LanguageLine Interpreters: When a patient walks into a New York City Hospital and doesn't speak English, or when a resident calls 911 in a language other than English, it falls to a LanguageLine Solutions Interpreter to bridge the gap. Now, many of these Interpreters are more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is focusing a spotlight on the suite of laws it enforces to protect consumers and Workers across City hotels as New York looks ahead to another busy year for tourism and hospitality. In a new Op-Ed in The Nation, DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine joined Hotel and Gaming more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) - America’s largest higher Education Union, is strongly supporting the Amherst Compact, a first-ever agreement by leaders of more than 50 Unions to coordinate bargaining priorities that raise the floor for Workers of all job categories across the most-densely Unionized Region of the country for more»

Eddie Velazquez at Central Current reports hundreds of Educators and Researchers that make up almost 20% of Syracuse University’s (SU) Faculty want to form a Union. The Union would include around 350 Postdoctoral Researchers, Teaching Professors, Professors of Practice and Research Professors, if a majority of those Workers vote to Unionize at an more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Workers’ Justice Project-Los Deliveristas Unidos is celebrating a historic milestone for Delivery Worker Organizing in New York City with the launch of the City Hall Park Deliverista Hub - the first Worker-designed Hub of its kind in the Nation. Developed through organizing by App Delivery Workers and in partnership with more»

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Workers could go on Strike as early as May 16th if they cannot reach a deal. During a press conference held last week - Kevin Sexton, who serves as the National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), said Workers would walk off the job on May 16th if they don’t reach a new contract more»

(ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the University of Vermont (UVM)-Elizabethtown Community Hospital have voted to overwhelmingly ratify a new contract after bargaining for months. UVM-Elizabethtown Nurses fought for a fair contract that maintains Safe Staffing Standards and secures more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York City District Council of Carpenters rallied at a high-profile construction site tied to Vanderbilt University in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood, calling on the project’s developer to ensure workers are paid standard wages. The Carpenters gathered at the site to protest what they described as sub-standard more»

(JAMAICA, QUEENS) - Sixty-two years ago, St. John’s University (SJU) in New York City became the site of the first major Faculty Strike in U.S. History - a year-long conflict that followed the firing of 33 Teachers, including three Priests, without due process. Now, the struggle over labor conditions has forced the Faculty to once again mobilize, a more»

(COMMACK, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has thousands of Members working in positions that require them to work in dangerous outdoor environments, leaving them vulnerable to reckless drivers. CSEA Department of Transportation (Babylon) Local Vice President Randy Acum and CSEA Nassau County Local Crossing Guard John Miro more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - 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 Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law. On a livestream filmed inside City Hall while lunching on more»

Michelle Kaske at Bloomberg News reports New York City apartment residents are being put on notice of a potential Strike by Unionized Building Staff as soon as next month as the Union representing the Workers and an Advisory Board to building owners negotiate a new contract. Property owners are alerting occupants of 3,500 co-ops, condos and apartment more»

George Weykamp at Bloomberg Law reports more than 900 Non-Tenure Track Professors have reached a tentative contract with New York University (NYU), ending a brief work-stoppage that affected roughly half of NYU’s Full-Time Faculty. The Contract Faculty United-United Auto Workers (CFU-UAW), which represents about 930 Faculty Members who aren’t more»

A student in Ilion missed school for a week. When he finally returned to class, he explained he hadn’t had access to a washing machine and he couldn’t come to school in dirty clothes. Another student - a 9-year-old in Rochester - missed school because he felt the need to stay home to protect his Mother in a house with no locks. These are just more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Hilal Bahctepe at The Chief reports that since Unionizing in 2024, Employees at the Nitehawk Cinema’s Prospect Park Branch have been bargaining for a first contract that would increase Worker safety conditions, hourly pay and health care benefits - concerns which have yet to be met by management. Last week, Nitehawk Workers gathered more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On International Women’s Day, Homecare Workers took to New York City Hall to pressure Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York City Council to pass the No More 24 Bill, which would abolish the 24-hour workday and force employers to repay $90 million in stolen wages. The proposal was introduced to the Council in 2024, though it has more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Carter Myers-Brown at The Chief reports Labor Leaders, Elected Officials and Community Advocates recently gathered on the steps of New York City Hall to launch the $30 For Our City Campaign, backing legislation that would gradually raise the City’s Minimum Wage to $30 an hour. The Bill would nearly double the City’s more»

Amir Khafagy at Documented reports a Westchester contractor, exposed by Documented for continuing to operate his construction business despite a conviction for stealing thousands from Immigrant Workers, has been arrested again on new wage theft charges. Artemio Fuerte, 40, was arrested for allegedly stealing $51,720 in wages from five Employees between 2022 more»

Last week, the St. John’s University (SJU) American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter - along with students, allies in the Labor Movement including the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, Political Candidates and Religious Leaders - kicked off the SJU’s Men’s Basketball Team’s participation in the Big East more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and AFM Local 802 held a solidarity rally with live music in Times Square this week, demonstrating a unified front as the second round of negotiations for the AFM's Sound Recording Labor Agreement resumed with Record Labels - including Sony, Universal, Hollywood Records and Warner. The more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In response to drastic cuts at The New School, University students, Faculty and Staff recently marched down West 12th Street to hand deliver a gigantic letter and petition addressed to University President Joel Towers that was signed by more than 1,650 people and read, in part: “While the President’s Office characterizes this more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Governor Kathy Hochul joined an array of Labor Leaders and Public Sector Workers at MVP Arena in Albany on Sunday (March 8th) to push for changes to New York’s Tier 6 Pension System, saying reforms are needed to help recruit and retain Public Workers. Union Members and a variety of Public Workers participated in the rally - more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara and a panel of Environmental Leaders are calling for major expansion of State University of New York’s (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to allow the College to grow enrollment and expand programming. Panelists lauded ESF’s research more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Hundreds of Workers flocked to Albany last week for the latest step in an effort to convince State Lawmakers, particularly Governor Kathy Hochul, to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers. The Tax The Rich Campaign is backed by a number of Unions, and of the over 1,500 who attended the rally and march in Albany, many were Union more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - Caregivers employed at Rochester Regional’s Unity Living Center have returned to bargaining after the Union-represented Workers unanimously voted to authorize their Member-led Bargaining Committee to issue a 10-day notice to picket if a settlement cannot be reached soon. The contract covering more than 110 1199 Service more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Unionized Editorial Staff at Fortune have won their first contract for both Digital and Print Employees, a deal that lifts wages a total of 11% for the life of the deal, sets new salary standards, provides job security protections and more. The Fortune Union, which represents nearly two dozen Writers, Reporters, Producers, Editors more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - More than 300 students, Faculty and Staff from the City University of New York (CUNY), the State University of New York (SUNY) and Independent Colleges rallied with Legislators inside the State Capitol in Albany to support a platform of increased funding for New York’s Public University Systems, broader access to free tuition, more»

(PERRY, NEW YORK) - Kathryn Luczak had saved up as much sick time as she could over the past nine years, but two unpaid maternity leaves during that time had left the Perry Professional Educators Association (PPEA) Member with only 11 days she could use when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant again with baby number three. A two-time fertility more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On Saturday (February 21st), New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) voted overwhelmingly to ratify new three-year agreements. After 41 days, the vote ends a historic Strike, which began as the largest Nurse Strike in New York City History on January 12th when 15,000 NYSNA Nurses more»

UUP Editor’s Note: Pictured above, from left to right, United University Professions Member Mindy Heath, Jesus Manuel Gorra, Alex Gonzalez and Miriam Del Carmen Andres. (UUP Provided Photo) (ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal is responding to the release of UUP Member Alcibiades “Alex” more»

The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council joined with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the New York Building & Construction Trades Council (BCTC) to recently host a Future in Focus: Exploring the World of Organized Labor event at Bronx Community College. The event exposed high school students to the New York City Labor Movement and more»

Dozens of Workers in Wayne County are on the picket line this week outside Garlock Sealing Technologies in Palmyra after the Members of International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 588 voted to Strike. The Union announced its Members are seeking “fair wages and better working conditions that better reflect the current cost of living and (their) more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal has issued a statement on a bond being granted to a UUP Member arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents. The bond order is for Alcibiades “Alex” Lazaro Ramierez González, a UUP Member who works at the Upstate Medical University in more»

Workers at the BelGioioso Cheese Facility in Campbell, New York - represented by Rochester’s Teamsters Local 118, have ratified a new contract. The agreement secures higher wages and strengthens job protections for 180 Workers who are responsible for the production, maintenance and distribution of Polly-O cheeses across the region. Local 118 President more»

Hundreds of Building Trades Union Members rallied at Gateway’s Hudson Tunnel Project jobsite earlier this week, calling on the Trump Administration to restore funding so they can return to work building the Nation's largest infrastructure project. Construction on the new train tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York began in November 2023, but more»

More than 80% of ProPublica Guild Members have signed a Strike Pledge, agreeing to walk if management fails to agree to a fair contract. The ProPublica Guild represents Reporters, Editors, Designers, Videographers and Business and Communications Staff at the award-winning non-profit News Organization and is a Bargaining Unit of The NewsGuild of New York. more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), representing 42,000 Faculty and Professional Staff at the State University of New York’s (SUNY) State-operated Campuses, the Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC/CUNY), representing 30,000 CUNY Members, and Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American more»

(WATERTOWN, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Samaritan Medical Center, the Carthage Area Hospital and the Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center have voted overwhelmingly to ratify new four-year contracts. Highlights of the contracts include: Improved health and pension benefits; Improved safe staffing more»

Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Mary Sullivan - whose Statewide Union represents 250,000 Members who work in the Public Sector, authored the following Labor Opinion that was just published on syracuse.com: Public Workers’ pensions are not a political piggy bank. The money belongs to the Workers and Retirees who contributed to it more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), America’s largest Higher Education Union, HAS opened negotiations for a new contract with New York state. This is the first time in decades that both sides have agreed to begin contract talks so soon in the process and that prospect has UUP Negotiators hopeful a tentative agreement could be more»

Research Assistants (RAs) at the University at Albany-State University of New York (SUNY) have Unionized. The Research Foundation won their National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election with more than 98% voting in favor of joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The Unit of 214 RAs will join the 4,700 Graduate Student Workers and more than more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - For third straight year, New York’s Educators powered the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to the top spot in donating dollars to benefit the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising effort. NYSUT has ranked first nationally for the third consecutive year in fundraising for the American Cancer Society’s 2025 more»

While there is still no end in sight with the New York City Nurses’ Strike that is taking place at several Hospitals, WABC-TV reports those Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) held a Day of Action protest on Thursday (January 29th) in New York City to protest ICE. The Nurses were joined by several local members of more»

Harper Freeman at The Chief reports the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is going full tilt on pushing for reforms to New York State’s Tier 6 Retirement Plan this Legislative Session, seeking the first updates to the pension plan since 2024. In an interview with UFT President Michael Mulgrew, he reiterated his goal to lower the retirement age for more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), alongside Education and Community Partners, has filed a lawsuit in Albany County Supreme Court to hold the State University of New York (SUNY) Charter School Institute accountable for its decision to authorize new Charter Schools in Brentwood and Central Islip, despite rejection by the New more»

(WATERTOWN, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown have reached a tentative contract agreement, the Union announced. Highlights of the agreement include maintenance of health and pension benefits for Nurses, protections against workplace violence and safeguards more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – CAMBA IT Worker’s Union, a Unit of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA)-United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325, has condemned - in the strongest terms, CAMBA’s unprecedented action of eliminating the entirety of its IT Department and Workforce, many of whom have been on Strike for eight weeks. On more»

The Mid Hudson News reports Cable, Telephone and Broadband Workers employed at Optimum in Greenwood Lake have voted to Unionize with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 363. The election was held on January 7th (2026). The Greenwood Lake Employees join Optimum Workers in West Nyack, who organized with Local 363 last September and more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has released the following response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal: Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal underscores the critical role that Public Education, from early childhood through higher education, plays in more»