The agreement, which is pending ratification by union members, is a key step in averting a potential strike by drivers and warehouse workers that likely would have hobbled the U.S. economy.
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Claudia is a senior reporter covering labor and work for THE CITY.
Posted inDepartment of Buildings, e-bikes, FDNY
Grubhub and JOCO’s E-Bike Charging Hub Violates Electric Codes, City Inspectors Find
Department of Buildings and FDNY issue $6,400 in fines for the Bowery facility, weeks after an electrical fire killed four in Chinatown. Grubhub says it’s a “misunderstanding.”
Posted inAmazon
Amazon Union Dissenters Get Detoured By Federal Judge
An internal dispute over leadership of the locally founded Amazon Labor Union looms over the effort to reach a first contract with the anti-union corporation.
Posted inRetirees
Judge Sides With City Retirees, Temporarily Blocking Medicare Advantage Switch
The Adams administration had moved to switch 250,000 public-sector retirees to a controversial, privately run health care plan on September 1.
Posted inLabor
Judge Delays Rollout of Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Law
A temporary order bolsters efforts by apps to stop a law that would require them to pay delivery workers $17.96 an hour and make New York the first major U.S. city to set a wage floor for them.
Posted inLabor
The First Responders Left Behind In New York’s Healthcare Worker Revolt
EMTs and paramedics are suing for better pay, as they hold multiple jobs to make ends meet.
Posted inHow to New York
What Albany Lawmakers Have — and Have Not — Accomplished This Year
New school holidays and criminal record seals are in. But many proposals related to tenant protections, developer tax breaks and speed limits have gone nowhere.
Posted inPublic Safety
FDNY Failed to Follow E-Bike Battery-Check Law Before Deadly Chinatown Fire
Earlier this year the City Council forbade selling reconditioned batteries — yet fire department inspectors didn’t look for them in a visit to the now-destroyed store just weeks ago.
Posted inTeachers
Teachers Union and Mayor Reach Tentative Agreement on Raises, Remote Learning
City schools’ 120,000 educators and other staff will see raises reaching more than 20% during the five-year contract.
Posted inDeliveristas
NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate
After a 3-year campaign by Los Deliveristas Unidos, workers are set to make more than $17 per hour before tips — a compromise that’s left both app companies and some advocates dissatisfied.