New York, NY – The Public Employees Federation’s (PEF) President, Wayne Spence, has been a member of PEF since 1993, and is currently in his
New York, NY – The “bravest” as a nickname for firefighters most likely came from the term “the bravest of the brave.” In 1862 the
The Peggy Browning Fund held its 26th Anniversary Awards reception at the Midtown Hilton on April 26 to honor two influential New York City labor
The city carpenters union joined with prosecutors Thursday to put fear into law-breaking construction contractors. As part of a day of action against tax fraud
Municipal retirees gathered outside the City Hall chambers during the City Council’s first stated meeting of April on Tuesday to demand that the Speaker introduce
The pandemic exposed terrifying new levels of risk in the line of duty Emergency Medical Service workers. Now, after fighting for pay parity with the
A day after New York City Mayor Eric Adams officially signed the contract that will bind 250,000 municipal retirees to a privately run Medicare plan,
Workers’ comp and medical benefits traditionally have been separated, but the costs and inefficiencies of operating two systems to handle worker health have become unsustainable,
New York – District Council (DC) 37 members voted yes and ratified its five year contract with New York City. The agreement provided annual raises of 3 percent in
The annual ceremony commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, one of the nation’s most deadly and consequential industrial disasters, returned to lower Manhattan after threeyears
