labor unions

Executive Vice President Kyle Bragg will take over as president of 32BJ SEIU following the death of its president Héctor Figueroa. Figueroa, 57, who...

Legislators in Albany may narrow the scope of a bill that would define which public works projects require higher wages. A new bill under...

A former labor organizer with the New York City District Council of Carpenters claims he was fired as payback for identifying safety issues at...

The union fight against Related Companies is escalating. Union organizers parked a billboard outside the company’s Columbus Circle headquarters, Crain’s reported. The image showed...

Navillus, one of the city’s most active concrete contractors, has reached an agreement with the unions to toss a $76 million judgment against the...

To hire union or to go open shop, that is the question — at least for many developers. While that has long been a loaded...

It’s been nearly a decade since several members and leaders of the city’s carpenters’ union were last indicted on racketeering and fraud charges. Since...

A Manhattan-based contractor group is taking aim at a nonunion organization, claiming it doesn’t have enough clout to be the voice of open shop...

Although nonunion labor continues to encroach on the New York market, the fight between unions and Related Companies at the Hudson Yards megadevelopment appears...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday lent his support to a union rally against Related Companies — though he stopped short of joining chants of...

Tire slashing, blocking entries to the site and other “thuggish tactics of yesteryear” abound at 50 Hudson Yards, according to a Related Companies’ subsidiary’s...

Long Island home prices up despite sluggish sales March home prices have climbed higher across Long Island even while sales have cooled, the Long...

Spotted outside 50 Hudson Yards. Local 46 is out there today (they are suing Related) pic.twitter.com/Nu3JC085Dy — Kathryn Brenzel (@katiebrenzel) April 10, 2018

Buying coffee in the city can be expensive, but Related Companies says it was tricked into paying union workers $42 per hour to fetch...

From the February issue: For decades, the New York City District Council of Carpenters was seen as a carousel of leader-turned-criminals. Between 1982 and 2013,...

Former UBS site, Stamford’s largest vacant office complex, sold for $33M The 700,000-square-foot office complex that once housed UBS has sold for $33 million....

After months of sparring between union and nonunion groups, the City Council on Wednesday approved a construction safety bill that will require workers to...

The City Council plans to introduce a revised construction safety bill this week that would require 40 hours of safety training, down from the...

As its latest jab against a proposed construction safety bill, a nonunion construction group argues that deaths at union sites this year are so...

Some contractors argue that a construction safety bill could make it difficult for companies to hire local workers. The central issue is training: If...