On Thursday, Jan. 5, a derailment happened in the subway system on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. A 1 train that carried about 300 passengers collided at low speed with an
SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued a statement immediately after the U.S. Department of Labor declared a final rule on the classification of independent contractors versus employees on Jan.
On Tue, Jan. 9, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule detailing when workers should be considered an employee versus an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards
The MTA’s congestion pricing plan, which is expected to start this spring, would establish a $15 toll for drivers who enter Manhattan’s Central Business District between 5 a.m. and 9
Tenure at a university is a highly sought-after prize. But the majority of professors work without that guarantee of full-time, long-term employment. Now, nearly 1,000 full-time, non-tenured professors at New
Even though the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, and actors are back at work, business owners who cater to the Hollywood studios say they’re still struggling. COVID had initially hit, shutting
New York City lost a top educator with a tight-knit connection to LaborPress over the holidays. Dr. Leonard Golubchick, a leader in New York City’s public education system, lifelong teacher
A Starbucks employee, Alendra Harris, who worked in a Westminster, Colorado, Starbucks as a barista before she was fired in Nov. 2022, has had a decision handed down in her
Mayor Adams is slashing city spending across the board – affecting police hiring, parks and sanitation programs, public library hours, and a host of other municipal services. Now, another recipient
Although there have been a slew of workers unionizing across the country, at locations nationwide such as Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and Trader Joe’s, none of these new unions have so
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