NewYork-Presbyterian is demanding sky-high rates to renew its health contract for New York City employees and pre-Medicare retirees, and is threatening to send 40,000 city workers, retirees, and their families out of network if its demands are not met. 

Members of the Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified a new contract Friday night that raises nurses' salaries at Staten Island University Hospital- South (SIUHS) by a compounded 14 percent, protects their premium-free healthcare and requires the hospital to increase staffing in key units.

The United Federation of Teachers will testify today in support of the City Council's proposed "RESPECT check" legislation that would provide every New York City paraprofessional an annual $10,000 payment in addition to their regular salary.

Federation of Nurses/UFT members, who are registered professional nurses with VNS Health, overwhelmingly approved a new 2-year contract that provides a 12% compounded salary increase over the course of the agreement, preserves healthcare benefits and contains no give-backs.

This Friday, 2/6, thousands of New York City public school educators are turning up the heat for pension reform by sharing their personal stories about why it's needed.