The city has regained fewer than 6 of every 10 jobs it lost since the pandemic began, while the nation as a whole has regained more than 90 percent of lost jobs. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Labor and Jobs”
She Got the First Vaccine. Now It’s a Year Later.
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Sandra Lindsay hopes she signaled that science and medicine can be trusted. Source: New York Times
Why Retired Subway Workers Are Getting $35,000 to Come Back
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2021
The pandemic caused a shortage of train and bus workers. Now transit agencies in New York and around the nation are aggressively recruiting and hiring. Source: New York Times
What’s the Future of Outdoor Dining in New York?
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2021
As the city debates a plan to make outdoor dining permanent, vocal opposition is growing in affluent, restaurant-rich neighborhoods like the West Village. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Sanitation Workers Suspended Over Fake Vaccine Cards
By Gotham Rex on November 14, 2021
It is the latest chapter in the protracted debate over the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers. Source: New York Times
Hindu Sect, BAPS, Accused of Using Forced Labor at Temples Across U.S.
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2021
BAPS, a prominent sect, faces accusations of exploiting low-caste laborers from India to run massive temples around the country. Source: New York Times
Starbucks Workers at 3 More Buffalo-Area Stores File for Union Elections
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
The petitions were submitted as employees at three other stores prepared to vote in a unionization effort. Source: New York Times
Their Jobs Made Them Get Vaccinated. They Refused.
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2021
The willingness of some workers to give up their livelihoods helps explain the country’s struggle to reach herd immunity. Source: New York Times
New York City mandates vaccines for all city workers, with no testing option.
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
The new mandate will apply to more than 160,000 employees, including police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers, whose vaccination rates have lagged. Source: New York Times
De Blasio Announces Vaccine Mandate for All City Workers
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
The new mandate will apply to more than 160,000 employees, including police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers, whose vaccination rates have lagged. Source: New York Times
As Starbucks Workers Seek a Union, Company Officials Converge on Stores
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2021
A push in the Buffalo area could produce the first union at company-owned stores in the U.S. But backers say moves by management are having a chilling effect. Source: New York Times
New York Bike Delivery Workers Band Together for Safety
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2021
Robbers are targeting them in the city, and thefts of their electric bikes have risen. Many are banding together to protect one another. Source: New York Times
34,000 Unvaccinated Home Health Aides in New York Lose Jobs
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
The losses worsened a labor shortage in the industry, but the overall inoculation rate of 86 percent was higher than expected. Source: New York Times
N.Y.'s Covid Vaccine Mandate Tested by Pushback From Workers
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
“It’s not a role I relish,” Gov. Kathy C. Hochul said. “But I also realistically know that there are people who will not come back to their jobs.” Source: New York Times
They Never Could Work From Home. These Are Their Stories.
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2021
A parallel universe of millions of employees did not have the luxury of thinking about returning to the office — they never left. Six workers share their experiences. Source: New York Times