Labor

Amazon

Amazon Union Dissenters Get Detoured By Federal Judge

July 13, 2023, 5:35 p.m.July 13, 2023, 5:35 p.m.

An internal dispute over leadership of the locally founded Amazon Labor Union looms over the effort to reach a first contract with the anti-union corporation.

Retirees

Judge Sides With City Retirees, Temporarily Blocking Medicare Advantage Switch

July 7, 2023, 6:08 p.m.July 7, 2023, 6:10 p.m.

The Adams istration had moved to switch 250,000 public-sector retirees to a controversial, privately run health care plan on September 1.

Labor

Judge Delays Rollout of Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Law

July 7, 2023, 5:16 p.m.July 7, 2023, 5:54 p.m.

A temporary order bolsters efforts by apps to stop a law that would require them to pay delivery workers $17.96 an hour and make New York the first major U.S. city to set a wage floor for them.

Labor

The First Responders Left Behind In New York’s Healthcare Worker Revolt

July 6, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

EMTs and paramedics are suing for better pay, as they hold multiple jobs to make ends meet.

Economy

Office Occupancy Breaks 50% — Not So Fast for NYC ‘Doom Loop’

June 15, 2023, 3:41 p.m.June 15, 2023, 7:33 p.m.

THE CITY’s June economic recovery analysis shows a jump in office usage, and a small boost on job and unemployment figures.

Deliveristas

NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate

June 11, 2023, 4:13 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

After a 3-year campaign by Los Deliveristas Unidos, workers are set to make more than $17 per hour before tips — a compromise that’s left both app companies and some advocates dissatisfied.

Building trades union held a vigil after construction worker Raúl Tenelema Puli’s was crushed by a scaffold at a Downtown Brooklyn development.

Labor

Feds Slap Subcontractor with Six-Figure Fine in Connection with Construction Worker Death in Brooklyn

June 11, 2023, 1:36 p.m.June 12, 2023, 2:58 p.m.

Months after Raúl Tenelema Pulí died, a subcontractor was fined $128,132 for offenses including a “willful” violation of safety standards.

Unions

Carpenters Union Would Take Marjorie Velázquez Over Jesus Christ, But Will Bronx Voters?

May 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.June 16, 2023, 4:50 p.m.

The Council member has racked up major union endorsements in what is expected to be one of this year’s most competitive races after she backed a controversial development plan.

Queens

‘Drenched in Fecal Matter’: Feds Probe Working Conditions at LaGuardia Cargo Company

May 24, 2023, 5:22 p.m.May 24, 2023, 5:22 p.m.

Swissport employees allege they are exposed to health and safety dangers inside and outside planes.

Queens

Elmhurst Resident Doctors End Strike, Reach Deal with Mount Sinai on Pay Parity

May 24, 2023, 4:54 p.m.May 24, 2023, 4:54 p.m.

The pending agreement would pay the public Queens hospital’s residents as much as their Upper East Side private peers.

Labor

Amazon Union Dissenters Get Detoured By Federal Judge

Judge Sides With City Retirees, Temporarily Blocking Medicare Advantage Switch

Judge Delays Rollout of Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Law

The First Responders Left Behind In New York’s Healthcare Worker Revolt

Office Occupancy Breaks 50% — Not So Fast for NYC ‘Doom Loop’

NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate

Feds Slap Subcontractor with Six-Figure Fine in Connection with Construction Worker Death in Brooklyn

Carpenters Union Would Take Marjorie Velázquez Over Jesus Christ, But Will Bronx Voters?

‘Drenched in Fecal Matter’: Feds Probe Working Conditions at LaGuardia Cargo Company

Elmhurst Resident Doctors End Strike, Reach Deal with Mount Sinai on Pay Parity

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