Tag: Public Sector Unions

A state Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation weakening the ability of local government and school officials to discipline workers Read More

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would force school districts and local governments to tell unions where their workers live. Read More

Public employee unions — and Governor Hochul — are pressuring state lawmakers to increase hiring at state agencies because, they say, more than a quarter of the state workforce is poised to retire. Read More

State lawmakers are showing renewed interest in legislation that would rattle municipal finances and crowd out local services such as police and fire protection.  Read More

Public employee unions are pressing Governor Hochul and the Legislature to undertake a massive hiring binge. Read More

About 15 percent of unionized New York state government workers chose not to pay union dues last year, up from 10 percent in 2020, according to a new research report from the Empire Center. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 ended New York’s decades-long practice of forcing state and local government employees to pay a labor union as a condition of employment. Read More

The frequency with which New York workers are choosing to belong to a union last year continued its multi-year decline. Read More