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Airport workers rally for better wages

Labor

NYC-area airport workers set to get annual wage increases starting in January

Posted on November 13, 2024

con ed workers rallying outside wearing purple shirts and holding signs

Business

‘Left behind’ contract workers at Con Ed demand family-sustaining jobs

Posted on August 21, 2024

NYC public school cleaners and handyperson rallying outside holding signs that read 32BJ SEIU

Business

NYC public school cleaners, handypersons win long-fought pension battle

Posted on June 17, 2024

Cinema Village movie theater in Manhattan marquee

Why workers at one of Manhattan’s oldest movie theaters want a union to be the next coming attraction

Posted on April 10, 2024

President of City Council labor union

Labor

City Council strikes tentative labor deal with staff union including long-sought raises, worker protections

Posted on April 3, 2024

Business

Baltimore bridge collapse: Hochul offers Maryland assistance after freighter causes major span to fall overnight

Posted on March 26, 2024

John Santos, secretary treasurer of the 32BJ union, speaks during a strike authorization vote rally outside Bronx Supreme Court on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Bronx Times

Bronx residential workers threaten to strike if BRAB reopens contracts

Uber and Lyft driver

NYC Uber, Lyft drivers due for 3.5% raise as other cities see V-Day work stoppages

Posted on February 14, 2024

City Council aides rally at City Hall for labor contract

City Council staffers see light at end of long pursuit of first-ever unionized labor contract

Posted on February 6, 2024

Office cleaning workers rally for new contract to avoid strike

Business

Strike averted: NYC office cleaning workers agree to new contract through 2024

Posted on December 28, 2023

Workers represented by the Service Employees International Union (32BJ SEIU) rallied earlier this year for a new contract, ahead of their current deal expiring on Dec. 31.

Politics

Strike threat: 20,000 union NYC office cleaning employees set to protest Wednesday for new contract

Posted on December 19, 2023

DC37 Executive Director Henry Garrido with Mayor Adams in background at City Hall press conference

DC37 union sues Mayor Adams over budget cuts, citing alleged breach in procedure

Posted on December 13, 2023

Labor

Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits

Posted on November 27, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a deal with Sanitation workers at City Hall. Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

Labor

City strikes $400M 5-year tentative deal with sanitation workers union

Posted on October 27, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams expands remote work program for municipal workers

Business

Remote work pilot program expanding to non-union NYC employees, Mayor Adams says

Posted on October 23, 2023

Politics

‘Barbenheimer’ was a boon to movie theaters and a headache for many workers. So they’re unionizing

Posted on October 15, 2023

Business

Q&A with SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher: What will striking union do now that studio talks have broken down?

Posted on October 14, 2023

NY: Triangle Fire Memorial Dedication

‘Making a statement’: New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial honors 146 victims, 112 years later

Posted on October 12, 2023

The Daily Press coffee shop union

Brooklyn Paper

‘We’re empowered now’: Ocean Hill café The Daily Press becomes first unionized indie coffee shop in New York City

Arts & Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

Posted on September 21, 2023

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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs

Posted on September 20, 2023

Politics

Hollywood’s working class turns to nonprofit funds to make ends meet during the strike

Posted on August 31, 2023

Politics

‘Breaking Bad’ stars reunite on picket line to call for studios to resume negotiations with actors

Posted on August 31, 2023

Politics

Coalition of immigration advocates and unions push Biden administration to speed up working papers for migrants

Posted on August 24, 2023

Politics

UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers potentially dodging calamitous strike

Posted on July 25, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

‘Challengers,’ starring Zendaya, will skip Venice premiere due to actors strike, moves to 2024

Posted on July 23, 2023

Labor

Comedians energize the picket lines as Hollywood actors and writers strikes enter second week

Posted on July 23, 2023

Business

Red hot American summer strike: On the Hollywood picket lines on two coasts

Posted on July 15, 2023

Business

SAG-AFTRA joins Writers Guild on picket line, first joint strike against Hollywood studios in 60+ years

Posted on July 13, 2023

Barboncino workers in Brooklyn look to unionize

Brooklyn

Slice of solidarity: Brooklyn restaurant workers move closer to becoming New York City’s first unionized pizzeria

Posted on July 11, 2023

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Labor

Here’s how one New Yorker got his first tech job in NYC and how the nonprofit who trained him is hoping to expand

Posted on June 29, 2023

Remembering the Triangle fire victims

Triangle Fire Memorial coming to Greenwich Village this fall

Posted on May 17, 2023

third avenue

Congestion pricing | Rideshare companies, drivers, cabbies still uneasy about MTA’s Manhattan toll plan

Posted on May 14, 2023

Business

Meet Scabby the Rat, the inflatable icon of New York City’s labor disputes

Posted on May 13, 2023

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This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Frequent flare-up: Firefighters battle blaze at Gobbler Auto Parts in East Flatbush

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

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