Unions

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.

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.

Probation officers took part in an equal-pay rally in 2023.

Incarceration

With Trump on Deck, City Probation Officers Call for More Help

June 11, 2024, 4:08 p.m.June 11, 2024, 4:08 p.m.

The union that represents New York City Department of Probation workers say they are woefully understaffed and underpaid — as they are set to take on their most infamous case ever.

Labor

Staten Island’s Amazon Labor Union s Forces with the Teamsters

June 10, 2024, 5:02 p.m.June 10, 2024, 5:02 p.m.

The merger, which is pending ratification by workers at an Amazon shipping warehouse, gives the fledgling union a major boost to secure a first contract with the megaretailer.

A lifeguard watches over swimmers at Rockaway Beach, July 20, 2022.

City Hall

Lifeguards Get New City Contract Via Arbitrator After Years of Treading Water

May 24, 2024, 4:14 p.m.May 24, 2024, 4:14 p.m.

The forced deal may not sit well with union , whose reps did not show up for a City Hall announcement.

A protester waves flags at the pro-Palestinian encampment at City College

Labor

CUNY Faculty Stage Illegal May Day Strike As Criticism Mounts Over Campus Protest Response

May 1, 2024, 4:33 p.m.May 1, 2024, 11:18 p.m.

Work stoppages are illegal for New York public servants, but 250-plus professors signed a pledge to not work on Wednesday in of students pressing demands to “divest from all companies complicit in the imperialist-zionist genocide.”