James Mager was a born and bred New Yorker. The youngest of six children, raised in the Bronx, he followed in the steps of his father, an FDNY lieutenant, and joined the department in his late …

Amid a changing of the guard in the top leadership of the United Auto Workers last spring, several dozen staff organizers formed an independent staff union hoping to secure a collective bargaining …

Nail salon workers are more likely to experience reproductive health issues and pregnancy complications, a recent report from the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition found. A survey of more than …

An increase in the incidence of a rat-borne disease in city residents, among them Department of Sanitation workers, has officials concerned even as mitigation methods appear to show that the …

Women of color are bearing the brunt of the municipal pay gap and will continue to do so unless the city intervenes, a recent report and hearing by the City Council found. The phenomenon of …

Hundreds of security guards and officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ assembled near Bryant Park Thursday afternoon to demand contracts that reflect what they …

Many among the 43 New Yorkers who died on the job in the past year were Latino.  That’s in line with national trends, which showed that Latinos were most at risk of dying in the workplace, …

Fire protection inspectors at the FDNY won a long-sought 25-year retirement pension option that will enable many inspectors to retire earlier than before, according to a provision included in the …

A staffing company must pay more than $2.7 million to more than 300 temporary clerical employees working at several NYC Health + Hospitals facilities for misclassifying the workers, according to a …

In a long-sought triumph for public-sector unions, state lawmakers and Governor Kathy Hochul have instituted changes to the Tier 6 retirement plan they said will make it easier to attract people to …

Workers from New York City converged on a hotel outside of Chicago last weekend for the Labor Notes Conference, a gathering of workers, organizers and retirees from around the world held every two …

With the NYPD’s headcount at a generational low and officer departures still running high, Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday announced the restoration of two police academy classes that had been …

City Council members have voiced concerns about the increased amount of time it is taking the city to conduct and close Fair Workweek investigations. During a hearing of the Council’s Consumer and …

Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW's renewed effort to organize …

“We weren’t prepared for that day,” said Jerome Bridges, an employee at a Buffalo grocery store where 10 people were shot and killed on May 14, 2022. “That day was horrible for me. I still …

Workers at the New York City Housing Authority will be able to telework up to two days a week, according to an agreement between NYCHA and District Council 37 that ends a years-long dispute between …

A former NYPD cop pleaded guilty Tuesday to a narcotics conspiracy charge for selling more than a kilo of heroin and nearly a pound of fentanyl to a confidential source over three occasions, …

Fewer officers left the NYPD in the first quarter this year than the record number of departures clocked in recent years but retirements and resignations remain above recent norms, leaving the …

The New York State court system has announced the establishment of a task force that will assess how artificial intelligence can help or harm the justice system. The Advisory Committee on Artificial …

High-ranking fire protection inspectors at the FDNY are conducting after-hours inspections without being properly compensated because of cuts to the department’s overtime budget, leaders of the …

A coalition of city retirees has drafted a letter to President Joe Biden calling for the federal government to put a halt to the privatization of Medicare and instead expand the public health …

A property management company must pay $119,000 in wages and interest to six workers at a condominium in Queens because it failed to pay them prevailing wages for more than two years, according to a …

The FDNY will be mandated to provide every member of their EMS service with body armor and training in both self-defense and de-escalation, according to two bills passed by the City Council …

Unionized graduate student workers at Fordham University have voted to authorize a strike in a near unanimous vote after 19 months of sluggish contract negotiations. The strike has yet to begin, but …

The former longtime president of the union representing the city’s probation officers admitted Thursday to defrauding the union and its members of about $750,000, money he used to pay for jewelry, …