Labor
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won’t give Juneteenth off unless union workers give up another holiday
Workers and civil rights advocates push back as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blocks paid time off for the holiday for the fourth time.
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Hudson Valley Tenants Union launches with rent stabilization in Kingston on the line
Kingston tenants won the first rent reduction ever secured through a rent stabilization process in US history. After years of sham nonprofit deals, manipulated vacancy data, and retaliatory evictions, they are building a regional union to protect it.
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LIRR workers reach deal after three-day strike
A tentative agreement was reached Monday evening, ending a strike that stranded 270,000 daily commuters. But workers say the MTA could have avoided the whole thing.
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Mamdani announces site of NYC’s first publicly-operated grocery store
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that the location of the city’s first publicly operated grocery chain, NYC Grocery, will open at The Peninsula in Hunts Point—on the former site of a notorious juvenile detention center.
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3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers strike, bringing the region’s transit system to a halt
Five unions walked off the job Saturday for the first time in over 30 years, halting service for 270,000 daily commuters. Now on day three, the National Mediation Board has summoned both sides back to the table.
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New York AG Tish James escalates fight against ‘predatory’ surveillance pricing
James and allies are pushing legislation to make New York the first state to ban surveillance pricing, arguing that algorithms are exploiting the people who can least afford it.
