Mar. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn received an immediate raise on Saturday after their union and hospital administrators reached a last-minute contract agreement and narrowly avoided a strike. The Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified the two-year contract late on Feb. 27, about 24 hours before the old agreement was set…
Feb. 17, 2025 By Lauren Rapp The Tip Theft Prevention Act, introduced in the City Council last week, aims to protect food service workers from stolen tips and union-busting tactics. After Brooklyn food service workers noticed their paychecks were lower than expected, they realized tips left by customers paying with credit or debit cards…
Feb. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Workers at Brooklyn’s beloved Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park marched into a managers’ meeting on Tuesday and announced their intention to unionize.
Dec. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An estimated 10,000 members of property services union SEIU local 32BJ marched and rallied outside of Radio City Music Hall and 30 Rockefeller Center on Wednesday after voting to authorize a potential strike and urged the Realty Advisory Board to agree to a new contract.
Sep. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A coffee shop in Brooklyn has won a union contract, making it the first independently-owned coffee shop in New York City to do so.
Jul. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Following several months of negotiation and organization, the National Labor Relations Board has certified that workers at Vital Climbing Gym in Williamsburg are now an officially recognized union, Climbers United.