Labor

A worker leads chants during a union strike at the Red Hook Terminal, Oct. 3, 2024.

Labor

Port Workers’ Strike Shouldn’t Cause Shortages, Price Spikes in City — Yet

Oct. 3, 2024, 6:09 p.m.Oct. 3, 2024, 7:42 p.m.

As the massive job action heads into a fourth day, key people up and down the supply chain aren’t too worried, they just hope the strike doesn’t drag on for weeks.

A worker shows how swollen his hands would get after long shifts packing thousands of tubes of loose HotHead Grabba tobacco.

Labor

Federal Safety Inspectors Hit Immigrant Tobacco Sweatshops With Hazard Fines

Sept. 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 20, 2024, 2:19 p.m.

The Occupational Health and Safety istration cited HotHead Grabba for nearly two dozen workplace safety violations in Brooklyn and Queens.

Work

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Sept. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 18, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

Often living in shelters, they serve as an unregulated sales force for Latin American meals cooked after hours at restaurants, pizzerias and backyard kitchens across the city.

Starbucks coffee shop with large windows. People sit drinking coffee at small tables by the window.

Labor

Slew of Businesses, Including Starbucks and Shake Shack, Violating City’s Paid Sick Leave Act

Sept. 2, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 3, 2024, 8:12 a.m.

The law requires any company with more than five employees to provide at least five sick days per year.

Performers walked the picket line in Times Square as the actors and writers’ strike stretched into the fall, Sept. 15, 2023.

Labor

More Workers Are Filing For — and Winning – Union Elections Than in Any Year in the Past Decade

Aug. 29, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Aug. 28, 2024, 6:18 p.m.

A surge in union activity since the COVID-19 lockdown shows no signs of stopping, though it’s still not enough to reverse the two-decade downward trend in union hip in New York and across the nation.

Sue Lucchi watches Mets batting practice at Citi Field.

Summer & THE CITY

Meet the Mets’ Stadium Queen Keeping the Crew Running From Strike to Strike

Aug. 21, 2024, 12:59 p.m.Aug. 21, 2024, 1:20 p.m.

Sue Lucchi started with the team as St. John's intern in the mid-90s and is now the head of ballpark operations.

Staten Island

Reform Slate Sweeps Amazon Labor Union Elections in Defeat for Celebrated Co-Founder

July 31, 2024, 3:12 p.m.July 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.

ALU insurgents promising greater democracy beat a slate backed by president Christian Smalls in a low-turnout election.

Labor

IT Staffing Agency Traps Tech Workers in Their Jobs, Federal Suit Alleges

July 17, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 16, 2024, 9:09 p.m.

Smoothstack, which counts Fortune 500 companies among its clients, demanded its employees stay at the company for about two years or face fines up to $30,000.

UFT president Michael Mulgrew talks at City Hall about reaching a contract agreement for teachers.

Labor

Teachers’ Union Withdraws Its for Medicare Advantage Pact, Following Retiree Election Upset

June 24, 2024, 1:40 p.m.June 24, 2024, 1:40 p.m.

“The courts have spoken. My have spoken,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew. Left unsaid is how else unions might find $600 million in annual cost savings.

Economy

Information Sector Jobs Vanish as Publishing, Film and TV, Telecoms Take Hits

June 24, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 23, 2024, 10:21 a.m.

New York City has added jobs overall, but not in the relatively high-paying information industries, which shed more than 31,000 jobs since October 2022.

Labor

Port Workers’ Strike Shouldn’t Cause Shortages, Price Spikes in City — Yet

Federal Safety Inspectors Hit Immigrant Tobacco Sweatshops With Hazard Fines

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Slew of Businesses, Including Starbucks and Shake Shack, Violating City’s Paid Sick Leave Act

More Workers Are Filing For — and Winning – Union Elections Than in Any Year in the Past Decade

Meet the Mets’ Stadium Queen Keeping the Crew Running From Strike to Strike

Reform Slate Sweeps Amazon Labor Union Elections in Defeat for Celebrated Co-Founder

IT Staffing Agency Traps Tech Workers in Their Jobs, Federal Suit Alleges

Teachers’ Union Withdraws Its for Medicare Advantage Pact, Following Retiree Election Upset

Information Sector Jobs Vanish as Publishing, Film and TV, Telecoms Take Hits

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