With the shadow of nine suicides hanging over the taxi industry, the Independent Drivers Guild announced a mental-health program for New York’s for-hire drivers May 7. Due to the “highly
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A State Supreme Court judge dismissed Lyft’s attempt to void New York City’s $17.22-an-hour minimum wage for app-based drivers May 1, saying the company had failed to prove
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Bagpipes skirled on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Apr. 25, and the funereal thump of bass drums resounded off the high vaulted ceilings as International Brotherhood of
NEW YORK, N.Y.–The about 60 Laborers International Union apprentices lined up in a side room at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan Apr. 17, clad in brilliant saffron-orange caps and
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—New England’s Stop & Shop strike entered its eighth day on Thursday. More than 30,000 Stop & Shop workers in New England went on strike Apr. 11, after the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Last week, more than 150 people rallied outside Lincoln Center in a show of solidarity by American Federation of Musicians Local 802 with Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians who
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians voted Apr. 8 to reject what the orchestra’s management called its “last, best and final offer.” “We are extremely disappointed that management refuses to hear the
WASHINGTON—In a letter released April 11, The NewsGuild-CWA and the Teamsters urged stockholders in the Gannett newspaper chain to vote for the incumbent board of directors to block a hostile
DAVIS, Calif.—Two unions representing 39,000 service and technical workers at the University of California staged their fourth one-day strike in the last year April 10, picketing outside the university’s five
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Bank of America announced April 9 that it will raise its minimum wage to $20 an hour for all its 205,000 employees. “With the success our company has,”
