Posts tagged New York City
New York’s doormen are about to go dark — and Park Avenue veteran is ready to abandon his post
April 17, 2026 // On April 20, the contract covering 34,000 residential building workers — doormen, porters, superintendents, handypersons, resident managers — expires. The union, 32BJ SEIU, and the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations have been locked in negotiations that, by Vega’s account, have been less than promising.
Grad student union to negotiate new contract next month
April 15, 2026 // The union said that in negotiations, it will “fight against dangerous assaults” on members’ academic freedom and ability to protest on campus. In its bargaining goals, GSOC emphasized protecting international and noncitizen student workers in the wake of the Trump administration’s threats to revoke students’ visas and crack down on political speech on college campuses. In bargaining sessions, the committee also plans to urge NYU to expand members’ current health care plan to include “high-quality” dental and vision care. While the current contract does not detail members’ vision care plan, it states that the university must reimburse out-of-pocket medical and dental care expenses. GSOC said earlier this month that NYU reimbursed graduate student workers $60,000 in health care backpay after it “miscalculated” how much they were owed.
NYC faces possible strike by 34,000 doormen, building workers
March 28, 2026 // Property owners are alerting occupants of 3,500 co-ops, condos and apartment buildings across the five boroughs that services will decrease if a work suspension begins on April 21. That’s the day after the four-year-old contract expires for nearly 34,000 doormen, porters and maintenance workers. If there’s a strike, residents will need to wear badges to enter buildings, non-emergency renovation work will stop and moving in or out of the buildings will halt,
Empty classrooms? NYU professors to strike this month if contract agreements are not settled
March 5, 2026 // “The union’s announcement of a strike deadline is unwarranted and unjustifiable,” he said. “It comes immediately after the university offered their members the highest minimum salaries of any unionized full-time contract faculty in the country.” He added that the union’s actions do not justify jeopardizing the students’ education at the university.
UAW Local 2325 Commits to a Strike Vote to Fight ICE—What Can Other Locals Do?
February 26, 2026 // "legal service workers of UAW Local 2325 passed a resolution to have a strike authorization vote in their local of 3,500 workers should ICE escalate its activities in New York City.
More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to end strike in California and Hawaii
February 24, 2026 // Those on picket lines, including pharmacists, midwives and rehab therapists, said salaries have not kept pace with inflation and there is not enough staffing to keep up with patient demand. They asked for a 25% wage increase over four years to make up for wages they say are at least 7% behind their peers. Kaiser Permanente had countered with a 21.5% increase over four years. The company maintained that its union employees earn, on average, 16% more than their peers, and that it would have to charge customers more to meet strikers' pay demands.
Opinion: As strike looms, LA schools need reform — not more spending
February 8, 2026 // Rather, only three reforms have any hope of improving performance in LA Unified: breaking up the district; parental choice; and Mississippi-style rigor. Remember that this is the teachers union that delayed school reopenings after the Covid lockdown and attached extraneous political demands to the reopening process. What the union is now demanding will leave the district unable to pay its bills within three years.
Hearst Magazines Union stages walkout after WGA East contract expires
February 3, 2026 // Members of the Writers Guild of America East at Hearst Magazines staged a half-day walkout Tuesday after negotiations with management failed to produce a second collective bargaining agreement before their contract expired. The action affects roughly 400 union members whose first contract expired Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Workers held walkouts and rallies at Hearst Tower in Manhattan as well as at Hearst offices in Los Angeles; Easton, Pennsylvania; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Birmingham, Alabama.
Transit union boss threatens to spend millions fighting ‘ignorant’ Hochul on MTA crew sizes
February 2, 2026 // The head of the powerful Transit Workers Union blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as “ignorant” as he threatened to spend millions “exposing” her as a spineless shill — and bring her the ugliest contract fight since the strike in 2005, when more than 30,000 workers walked off the job. TWU president John Samuelsen railed against Hochul on Friday, as they gear up to renegotiate their contract with the MTA, which is up in May. As governor, Hochul oversees the transport agency.
4 healthcare strikes in 2026
January 29, 2026 // Union activity in healthcare continues in 2026, with at least four reported strikes in the month of January alone. Some of these actions involve healthcare workers and leaders across hospitals and clinics in multiple states.