Sentences with phrase «unionized city workers»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Several of the Democratic mayoral candidates took swipes at soon - to - retire Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a debate Tuesday, particularly on his election to an unprecedented third term and the issue of unionized city workers who have been without contracts.

There were «fair labor contracts» that de Blasio delivered for unionized city workers, and more parochially, «ferry service is coming to the Bronx.»

«Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn have allowed the contracts of virtually every unionized city worker to expire and neglected to put aside any money for future contract settlements.»

Not exact matches

Seattle becomes the first city to let Lyft and Uber unionize, while the debate about workers in the sharing economy continues across the country.

In its effort to unionize flight attendants at JetBlue, the Transport Workers Union has found an uncommon array of allies — top New York City and state officials led by Cuomo.

More than a dozen state and city lawmakers on Friday signed on to a letter aimed Bloomingdale's chairman and CEO Tony Spring urging a fair contract to 2,000 unionized retail workers.

As NYC's public housing stock crumbles around them, unionized workers are fighting to hold onto perks that cost the city money and manpower, while delaying changes housing authority officials say would improve the quality of life for the 400,000 residents living in their deteriorating buildings.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

In a meeting at the Labor Temple on Third Street, both candidates said they wanted to reach an agreement, while also saying they supported efforts to contain health care insurance costs, including kick - starting the work of a six - year - old city committee that has been sporadically studying potential consolidation of health insurance coverage among the city's unionized workers.

MIDTOWN — Workers planned to rally at several major fast - food chains throughout the city Monday to demand higher wages and the right to unionize, organizers said.

A dispute between developers and workers at Hudson Yards could alter the ability of the city's unionized construction industry to land large projects.

At a thousands - strong demonstration by building trades workers outside City Hall, Councilman Corey Johnson, a Manhattan Democrat, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer announced a new bill that would obligate all workers on buildings taller than 10 stories to go through state - approved apprenticeships — training programs administered almost exclusively through unions and unionized companies.

NEW YORK New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

«We are a progressive, activist union that represents and organizes the most vulnerable and marginalized workers in our city today,» said Stuart Appelbaum, president of RWDSU, which has been particularly active recently in efforts to unionize car wash operators.

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

In the current version, the schools can hire guards who must be paid the prevailing wage set by the city comptroller to reflect rates for unionized workers.

The administration is also urging the city's other unionized workers, who number some 300,000, to adopt a similar policy through collective bargaining.