Labor NYC-area airport workers set to get annual wage increases starting in January Posted on November 13, 2024
Business ‘Left behind’ contract workers at Con Ed demand family-sustaining jobs Posted on August 21, 2024
Business NYC public school cleaners, handypersons win long-fought pension battle Posted on June 17, 2024
Greenwich Village Why workers at one of Manhattan’s oldest movie theaters want a union to be the next coming attraction Posted on April 10, 2024
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
Transit NYC Uber, Lyft drivers due for 3.5% raise as other cities see V-Day work stoppages Posted on February 14, 2024
The Villager City Council staffers see light at end of long pursuit of first-ever unionized labor contract Posted on February 6, 2024
Business Strike averted: NYC office cleaning workers agree to new contract through 2024 Posted on December 28, 2023
Politics Strike threat: 20,000 union NYC office cleaning employees set to protest Wednesday for new contract Posted on December 19, 2023
City Budget 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
Labor City strikes $400M 5-year tentative deal with sanitation workers union Posted on October 27, 2023
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
Greenwich Village ‘Making a statement’: New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial honors 146 victims, 112 years later Posted on October 12, 2023
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
Chelsea 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
Battery Park City 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
Brooklyn Slice of solidarity: Brooklyn restaurant workers move closer to becoming New York City’s first unionized pizzeria Posted on July 11, 2023
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
Greenwich Village Triangle Fire Memorial coming to Greenwich Village this fall Posted on May 17, 2023
Politics 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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QNS Local non-profit Commonpoint launches annual coat and toy drive to support Queens families in need