Unions

Unions

Adams Inks Deal with Aetna, Paving Way for Switch to Medicare Advantage

March 30, 2023, 5:08 p.m.April 10, 2023, 3:49 p.m.

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.

Unions

Teachers Buck Mulgrew, Petition for Referendum Vote On Medicare Advantage

March 21, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 10, 2023, 3:51 p.m.

UFT president feels pressure from who demand a union-wide vote on the retiree health care cost savings plan he’s championing.

Labor

City Union Leaders Approve Controversial Medicare Advantage Retiree Health Care

March 9, 2023, 7:18 p.m.April 10, 2023, 3:51 p.m.

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.

Unions

Bronx Building Workers Green Light Strike at Packed Rally

March 8, 2023, 10:29 p.m.March 8, 2023, 10:29 p.m.

Superintendents, porters, door attendants and handypersons in hundreds of private residential buildings are negotiating to keep their healthcare benefits, and boost their wages.

Nursing

Public Hospital Nurses Invoke a Long Dormant Agreement in Bargaining for Pay Raise

March 2, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 3, 2023, 11:12 a.m.

Nurses at Health + Hospitals earn on average $19,000 less than their private sector counterparts. An unused clause on the books could change that.

Unions

Proposed Salary Boosts Would Do Little to Help Struggling EMTs, Labor Leaders Say

Feb. 28, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Feb. 27, 2023, 9:30 p.m.

The head of one union representing FDNY emergency medical technicians and paramedics said he won’t accept the mayor’s contract blueprint.

Unions

Adams and Largest Municipal Union Reach Tentative Agreement, With 16.21% Raises Through 2026

Feb. 17, 2023, 12:00 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

The mayor and the union representing more than 100,000 public sector workers also agreed to a pilot program on remote work. The deal stands to set the pattern at City Hall for more union contracts to come.

Metro-North

Metro-North Electrical Workers Gear Up for Potential Strike

Feb. 1, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 31, 2023, 6:58 p.m.

Rail travelers from three states may need alternate transportation if the first Metro-North strike in 40 years materializes.

Unions

City Workers Losing Patience With Slow Crawl to Union Contracts

Jan. 27, 2023, 5:05 a.m.April 14, 2023, 5:00 p.m.

In the second year of the Adams istration, public employees are asking when raises might be coming — but a bitter and costly fight over retiree health care isn’t over.

Labor

Subway Contract Cleaners Say They Got Dumped Like Trash

Jan. 23, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 23, 2023, 12:40 p.m.

The mostly Latino fill-in cleaning crews say they worked during COVID when nobody else wanted to, but were fired just days before New Year with little notice.

Unions

Adams Inks Deal with Aetna, Paving Way for Switch to Medicare Advantage

Teachers Buck Mulgrew, Petition for Referendum Vote On Medicare Advantage

City Union Leaders Approve Controversial Medicare Advantage Retiree Health Care

Bronx Building Workers Green Light Strike at Packed Rally

Public Hospital Nurses Invoke a Long Dormant Agreement in Bargaining for Pay Raise

Proposed Salary Boosts Would Do Little to Help Struggling EMTs, Labor Leaders Say

Adams and Largest Municipal Union Reach Tentative Agreement, With 16.21% Raises Through 2026

Metro-North Electrical Workers Gear Up for Potential Strike

City Workers Losing Patience With Slow Crawl to Union Contracts

Subway Contract Cleaners Say They Got Dumped Like Trash

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