Labor

Mount Sinai residents working at Elmhurst Hospital strike over pay parity.

Elmhurst Hospital Doctors Strike, Protesting Pay Gap With Mount Sinai

May 22, 2023, 5:50 p.m.May 22, 2023, 8:30 p.m.

Medical residents on the picket line in Queens demand that Mount Sinai, which runs the residents’ program, compensate them on par with their Upper East Side peers.

Employment

Why Black Workers in NYC Are Unemployed at Critical Levels — and What Can Be Done

May 22, 2023, 6:24 a.m.May 22, 2023, 6:31 a.m.

The Black jobless rate of 12.2% is nine times the white unemployment level, a far wider gap than elsewhere in the U.S.

Labor

Manhattan Starbucks Workers Seek to Oust Union, With Help From Group That Argued ‘Janus’ Decision

May 11, 2023, 2:36 p.m.May 11, 2023, 8:34 p.m.

The Reserve Roastery employees’ petition to decertify, which is pending a vote, comes days after workers in Rochester and Buffalo also moved to eject Starbucks Workers United.

An Elmhurst Hospital doctor attends a ceremony held by the Queens World Film Festival honoring health care workers.

Labor

Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital Vote to Authorize Strike, Following Jamaica and Flushing Peers

May 3, 2023, 2:03 p.m.May 3, 2023, 5:11 p.m.

Actions pre-approved by interns and residents who staff three Queens hospitals could see physicians walk off the job in New York City for the first time in a generation.

Hospitals

Mount Sinai Doctors Protest Lower Pay for West Side and Queens Hospitals

April 26, 2023, 8:08 p.m.April 26, 2023, 8:08 p.m.

Even as non-union medical residents at the system’s Upper East Side main hospital get a raise, union — including those at public Elmhurst Hospital — work for less, without a contract.

Teachers

Fordham Graduate Students Walk Out of Teaching to Demand a Better Contract

April 25, 2023, 7:44 p.m.April 25, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

Dissatisfied after seven months of negotiations, hundreds of teaching assistants are ditching classes through Wednesday.

Streets

Under Adams, Sanitation Department Sweeps Up Jobs From Other Agencies

April 19, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 21, 2023, 10:02 a.m.

The DSNY is now taking on highway cleanup, adding to its new roles with street vendor enforcement and graffiti cleanup.

Unions

Workers Start Union Vote at Lower East Side Trader Joe’s

April 18, 2023, 6:50 p.m.April 18, 2023, 8:27 p.m.

The Essex Crossing location is poised to be the grocery chain’s first in the city to organize, following failed campaigns at two other NYC locations.

Labor

Delivery Workers Hungry for Higher Wages Say App Companies Are Stirring the Pot

April 7, 2023, 6:59 p.m.April 7, 2023, 6:59 p.m.

A hearing on the battle for a minimum wage standard for food-delivery services’ couriers got heated with accusations of misinformation and corporate shenanigans.

Labor

Food Delivery Workers Veer Into Warfare Over Breakthrough Wage Proposal

April 5, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 3, 2025, 1:02 p.m.

Trailblazing labor group Los Deliveristas Unidos loses leaders over fears that a pay boost measure could backfire, stoked by the major delivery apps.

Labor

Elmhurst Hospital Doctors Strike, Protesting Pay Gap With Mount Sinai

Why Black Workers in NYC Are Unemployed at Critical Levels — and What Can Be Done

Manhattan Starbucks Workers Seek to Oust Union, With Help From Group That Argued ‘Janus’ Decision

Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital Vote to Authorize Strike, Following Jamaica and Flushing Peers

Mount Sinai Doctors Protest Lower Pay for West Side and Queens Hospitals

Fordham Graduate Students Walk Out of Teaching to Demand a Better Contract

Under Adams, Sanitation Department Sweeps Up Jobs From Other Agencies

Workers Start Union Vote at Lower East Side Trader Joe’s

Delivery Workers Hungry for Higher Wages Say App Companies Are Stirring the Pot

Food Delivery Workers Veer Into Warfare Over Breakthrough Wage Proposal

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