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Hot Strike Summer for NYC's Public Defenders

Hot Strike Summer for NYC's Public Defenders

Neighborhood Defender Service and the Bronx Defenders are on the city's longest-running public defender strikes since 1982.

Jessy Edwards

August 03, 2026

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Workers at the She Wolf Bakery tent in Union Square, New York.

She Wolf Bakery’s Workers Want Your Loaves to be Union-Made

Katie Way

January 22, 2024

Workers at the Legendary NYC Cocktail Bar Death & Co Are Unionizing

Workers at the Legendary NYC Cocktail Bar Death & Co Are Unionizing

Dave Infante

November 14, 2023

"Alamo Drafthouse Cinema" written on a window.

Another Alamo Drafthouse Theater in NYC Is Unionizing in Barbenheimer’s Wake

Curtis Brodner

September 07, 2023

Workers Say REI’s New Union-Busting Law Firm Lacks the Co-Operative Spirit

Workers Say REI’s New Union-Busting Law Firm Lacks the Co-Operative Spirit

Katie Way

August 09, 2023

A group of people, many UPS workers in brown uniforms, hold signs saying "Just Practicing for a Just Contract"

NYC’s UPS Workers Are Ready to Strike

Teddy Ostrow

July 15, 2023

The exterior of a Blank Street Coffee on Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn.

Baristas Say Blank Street Is a Good Place to Work—That’s Why They’re Unionizing

Katie Way

April 10, 2023

The Amazon Labor Union Threw a Killer Holiday Party

The Amazon Labor Union Threw a Killer Holiday Party

Molly Osberg

December 19, 2022

Two baristas work behind the counter at Starbucks

The Fight to Unionize Starbucks in NYC is Heating Up

Steven Wishnia

August 01, 2022