Posted inYouth
Youth Summer Jobs Lottery Now Open: How to Apply and What to Know
The deadline to apply is April 14. About 100,000 jobs are open for young New Yorkers ages 14 to 24.
Labor
Posted inUnions
Adams Inks Deal with Aetna, Paving Way for Switch to Medicare Advantage
The city’s 250,000 retirees will switch to a controversial privatized healthcare plan managed by Aetna after Mayor Eric Adams signed a deal endorsed by the major public sector unions earlier this month. Groups representing retirees said they intend to sue to stop it — again.
Posted inLabor
Staten Island Ferry Engineers Entitled to Wage Boost, Comptroller Rules
As crews complain low pay rates lead to understaffing and service disruptions, Lander’s decision could yield $300K per worker in back pay alone.
Posted inPools and Beaches
City Locks in Lifeguard Pay Bump and Bonuses as Swim Task Force Explores Solutions
Lifeguards in their first and second years will get a boost of over $3 an hour — and soon there will be more places to train for and take the lifeguard test, for free.
Posted inUnions
Teachers Buck Mulgrew, Petition for Referendum Vote On Medicare Advantage
UFT president feels pressure from who demand a union-wide vote on the retiree health care cost savings plan he’s championing.
Posted inThe Bronx
Building Workers Union, Bronx Building Owners Agree to Small Wage Hike
The contract would maintain workers’ medical coverage, but the Bronx Realty Advisory Board, which represents building owners, can end the deal after one year.
Posted inLabor
City Union Leaders Approve Controversial Medicare Advantage Retiree Health Care
The Municipal Labor Committee overwhelmingly voted for a public-private partnership managed by Aetna to fulfill promised cost savings, while retired workers continued court battles.
Posted inUnions
Bronx Building Workers Green Light Strike at Packed Rally
Superintendents, porters, door attendants and handypersons in hundreds of private residential buildings are negotiating to keep their healthcare benefits, and boost their wages.
Posted inManhattan
Disaster Awaits a Block Away From Construction Collapse Death, Suit Claims
Inspectors discovered another unstable wall about to collapse, just steps from where a laborer died in Chinatown while doing demolition on Tuesday.
Posted inDeliveristas
Adams Rolls Back $24-an-Hour Minimum Pay Rate for Delivery Workers
In a reversal, City Hall is advancing a new minimum hourly rate of $19.96, nearly $4 less than previously proposed.