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
Posts published in “Labor and Jobs”
162,000 Signs That New York Is Struggling to Bounce Back
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2022
The city is having a hard time regaining jobs lost during the pandemic, partly because of its reliance on tourism and office workers. Source: New York Times
In New York City, Pandemic Job Losses Linger
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2022
Even as the country as a whole has recovered all of the jobs it lost during the pandemic, the city is still missing 176,000 — the slowest recovery of any major metropolitan area. 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
As N.Y.C. Trash Problem Mounts, Garbage Will Be Picked Up on Labor Day
By Gotham Rex on August 29, 2022
The Adams administration will pay Sanitation Department volunteers overtime to collect residential trash on the holiday this year. Source: New York Times
Chipotle Agrees to Pay Over $20 Million to Settle New York City Workplace Case
By Gotham Rex on August 9, 2022
The city contended that the fast-food chain violated scheduling and sick-leave laws for more than four years, affecting 13,000 employees. Source: New York Times
Why Community College Students Are ‘Stopping Out’
By Gotham Rex on July 18, 2022
Vacancies in the job market are attracting students and leading them to postpone finishing their undergraduate education. Source: New York Times
Municipal Workers Have Joined the Great Resignation
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
New York City employees are back in the office, and many of them are not happy about it. 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
The Park Slope Dog Walker Whose Pack Runs 19 Deep
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2022
For this Park Slope dog walker, it’s all about community. Source: New York Times
New York City Pulls Plug on Second Homeless Shelter in Chinatown
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The Adams administration backtracked on the second shelter, one of three that had been proposed for the neighborhood, after protests from the community. Source: New York Times
Amazon Union Loses Vote at Second Staten Island Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The results were a setback for the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which won a landmark victory last month at a larger Amazon warehouse nearby. Source: New York Times
Family Court Lawyers Flee Low-Paying Jobs. Parents and Children Suffer.
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
New York hasn’t raised the attorneys’ fees since 2004, creating a shortage that has denied the most vulnerable their constitutional right to a lawyer. Source: New York Times
Will the Fashion Workers Act End Exploitation in the Fashion Industry?
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
The Fashion Workers Act, a bill working its way through the New York Legislature, takes on a largely unregulated industry. Source: New York Times
Amazon Workers Begin Voting on Union at Another Staten Island Facility
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
The balloting will take place this week and could produce the second union at an Amazon facility in the United States. Source: New York Times