NEW YORK, N.Y.—Service workers at two financial-district luxury-condominium buildings went on strike June 10, after almost two years of trying to get their first union contract. They plan to stay
NEW YORK, N.Y.—In a loud rally at its Manhattan headquarters June 5, the Hotel Trades Council became the first labor union to endorse Mayor Bill de Blasio for President. “You
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 100,000 workers in New York State are injured each year badly enough to miss time at work, but the state’s workers’ compensation system has been “seriously
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Retired musicians are joining truckers and miners in singing the financial blues. The American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund announced May 24, that it is applying
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The New York Times’ exposé of massive fraud and predatory loan practices in the taxi-medallion business didn’t shock the union representing yellow-cab drivers. “We’ve been sounding the alarm on the
TRENTON, N.J.—A top New Jersey politician’s proposal to set up a two-tier pension system for government workers and cut their health benefits immediately infuriated public-sector unions. State Senate President Stephen
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Earlier this week, I got an email from a PR person touting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s impending run for President. It included five questions he said he could
ALBANY, N.Y.—A dozen New York State labor leaders are urging the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to enact laws that would both strengthen the state’s rent-stabilization laws and extend tenant
WASHINGTON—In a memo released May 14, a National Labor Relations Board lawyer has instructed the agency to presume that Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees entitled to minimum
NEW YORK, N.Y.—On a day when app-based drivers walked off the job in cities from Los Angeles to London, about 100 New York drivers rallied outside the Long Island City
