The notorious jail had its deadliest year in a decade, while the flow of narcotics and weapons into the complex continues. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Organized Labor”
Subway Station Clerks To Step Out From Booths Into New Role
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2022
The M.T.A. workers, who once sold tokens to transit riders, will now provide roaming customer service in subway stations. Source: New York Times
Strike Ends at the New School and Parsons School of Design
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2022
Adjunct faculty had walked out over wages and compensation for work outside the classroom. The private school had faced a lawsuit from parents. Source: New York Times
A Times Square Hotel Was Set To Become Affordable Housing. Then the Union Stepped In.
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
An influential hotel workers’ union is flexing its power at a key moment in the city’s recovery, affecting major projects from casinos to homeless shelters. Source: New York Times
Workers at Trader Joe’s in Brooklyn Reject Union
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2022
The loss raises questions about whether a national wave of unionization may be slowing. A union had won two previous votes at the grocery chain. Source: New York Times
Patti LuPone Says She Resigned From Stage Actors’ Union
By Gotham Rex on October 17, 2022
The actress left months ago, and revealed her exit on Monday after her name arose during discussion of the errant reprimanding of a “Hadestown” patron who was using a captioning device. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Faces Potential Fiscal Crisis as $10 Billion Budget Deficit Looms
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2022
A persistent pandemic-driven downturn has caused revenue from business and personal-income taxes to fall in New York City, while tourism and job losses have yet to recover. Source: New York Times
Architects at a New York Firm Form the Industry’s Only Private-Sector Union
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2022
Workers at Bernheimer Architecture said they hoped to prompt changes to industrywide problems like long hours and low pay. Source: New York Times
UPS Drivers Say ‘Brutal’ Heat Is Endangering Their Lives
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2022
As summers have grown hotter, high temperatures inside trucks without air conditioning have also sickened postal carriers and others who deliver America’s packages. A few have died. Source: New York Times
Search for Hoffa Under Jersey City Bridge Came Up Empty, F.B.I. Says
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2022
The 1975 disappearance of the Teamsters leader has long been the subject of rumors and intrigue. Source: New York Times
Medieval Times Employees Vote to Unionize in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2022
The horsemen, courtiers, stablehands and other performers at ye olde New Jersey tourist attraction formed a new kind of medieval guild when they voted to unionize. Source: New York Times
Where Is Pete Panto?
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2022
A union leader on the Brooklyn docks disappeared 81 years ago, presumably murdered by the mob. Source: New York Times
Amazon Hub in Newark Is Canceled After Unions and Local Groups Object
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2022
The e-commerce giant planned to build an airport cargo center, hire 1,000 workers and invest hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years. Source: New York Times
Will Kathy Hochul’s Low-Key Primary Come at a Cost? Allies Fear Yes.
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2022
Gov. Hochul is expected to handily win next week’s primary. But some allies worry her campaign is failing to energize key voters for November’s election. Source: New York Times
Class Sizes Set to Shrink in New York City Schools, but at What Cost?
By Gotham Rex on June 3, 2022
A bill approved by state lawmakers to shrink New York City class sizes would cost millions, and its passage reignited a longstanding debate about whether the move would help students as intended. Source: New York Times