New York

“We're getting duped both ways”: New York transit workers speak out on sellout Long Island Rail Road contract and the fight ahead for subway and bus workers

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:54:45 GMT

These struggles are two parts of a growing confrontation between the New York working class and the financial oligarchy that dominates the city.

New York Democrats and Mamdani administration provide platform for Israel Day pro-genocide march

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:52:21 GMT

The DSA mayor did not attend the Israel Day parade, but his administration provided the permits and police protection for a march featuring Israeli officials implicated in genocide, annexation and ethnic cleansing.

Zohran Mamdani promised free buses; New Yorkers are getting a bus fare enforcement crackdown instead

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:43:17 GMT

Commuters in the city's poorest neighborhoods, already stretched by soaring costs of living, are now facing roving MTA inspection teams in place of the free rides their mayor promised them.

“It requires a fight”: NYC transit worker speaks out on contract demands

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:57:25 GMT

Around 40,000 subway and bus workers in New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority remain on the job more than two weeks after their collective bargaining agreement expired.

While Wall Street claims “no money” for city’s transit workers, fire at New York’s Penn Station injures 5

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:01:43 GMT

A predawn fire at Penn Station, injuring five workers, is the second major rail disruption in two weeks and a result of the systematic neglect of public infrastructure in the shadow of Wall Street.

Mamdani’s “COGE” commission to prepare deeper cuts to New York City social programs and regulations

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:33:22 GMT

After avoiding mass layoffs and cuts to social programs in the 2027 New York City budget, Mamdani has announced the formation of COGE to recommend the implementation of permanent austerity.

As New York transit workers prepare to fight MTA austerity, former union president Toussaint defends no-strike affidavit

Wed, 27 May 2026 04:57:09 GMT

Following the last strike in 2005, Transit Workers Union Local 100 signed an affidavit forswearing the right to ever strike again.

Worker killed, dozens of firefighters injured in Staten Island shipyard fire and explosion

Wed, 27 May 2026 04:23:55 GMT

Xiaoyuan Li, an immigrant worker, was killed and dozens of firefighters injured when fire and explosions tore through the May Ship Repair shipyard in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island.

New York subway and bus workers enter second week without contract, as MTA demands austerity

Tue, 26 May 2026 04:11:41 GMT

More than 40,000 New York City subway and bus workers have now entered their second week without a contract after it expired on May 16. Workers are fighting to keep pace with the cost of living and to resist sweeping work rule concessions in a struggle of major national and international significance.

Management boasts deal to end Long Island Rail Road strike “within the MTA’s financial plan”

Sat, 23 May 2026 05:11:53 GMT

These statements are significant because they suggest that the overall value of the deal, which workers have not yet seen, is no better than the contracts workers previously rejected before the strike.

Long Island Rail Road Workers: Vote “No” on the contract! Unite with NYC subway and bus workers to fight for inflation-busting wage increases!

Fri, 22 May 2026 05:45:52 GMT

Workers should form rank-and-file committees, independent of the union apparatus, to finish what you started in your three-day strike

Details emerge of sellout deal as Long Island Rail Road workers return to work

Wed, 20 May 2026 05:15:52 GMT

The result of the deal used to betray a three-day strike is that workers will be poorer due to inflation when the contract expires.

Democratic Party, union apparatus conspire to shut down powerful New York rail strike

Tue, 19 May 2026 04:20:03 GMT

No worker should be compelled to vote on—or live under—a contract they have not seen, have not read and have not had the time to study and discuss collectively.

“We all should unite”: New York bus drivers speak out in support of Long Island Rail Road strike

Tue, 19 May 2026 04:19:44 GMT

The powerful support for a wider struggle is precisely why the Democrats and union bureaucrats moved to shut the strike down Monday evening.

Long Island Rail Road workers strike; Mamdani supports scabbing operations

Mon, 18 May 2026 05:10:33 GMT

The strike is a major political confrontation in the center of world finance, pitting workers against Wall Street and its political agents, in the first place the Democratic Party.

Mass layoffs to hit New York City’s New School next month

Fri, 15 May 2026 02:43:06 GMT

The New School in New York City has announced massive layoffs of faculty and staff as a part of its right-wing restructuring program.

With New York transit struggle looming, Transport Workers Union tries to deny its support for New York’s right-wing governor Hochul

Thu, 14 May 2026 05:25:47 GMT

TWU International President John Samuelsen denounced the WSWS’s reporting of the union’s support, calling it “provably incorrect.” But this is a lie, aimed at concealing the bureaucracy’s connections with management.

New York City transit workers confront need for fight against Wall Street and Mamdani

Wed, 13 May 2026 05:14:27 GMT

A strike would shut down the center of American and world finance and set the stage for a far broader movement of the working class against inequality and exploitation.

Major confrontation looming against Hochul and Mamdani: New York transit and LIRR workers should build rank-and-file committees to prepare a united strike!

Mon, 11 May 2026 02:03:39 GMT

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), like mass transit agencies all over the country, is determined to make the workers pay for a fiscal crisis that they did not create.

United Flight 169 strikes highway vehicle on landing at Newark: The latest incident in crisis-ridden US aviation system

Fri, 08 May 2026 03:37:52 GMT

The incident, which came the day after the collapse of Spirit Airlines, reflects the systemic crisis of FAA understaffing, crumbling navigation infrastructure and airline cost-cutting.

What is it about the Met fashion gala that leads one to think fondly of the guillotine?

Thu, 07 May 2026 04:02:46 GMT

The Met Gala on Monday evening was an expression of the putrefaction of the ruling establishment where fashion, Hollywood, corporate money, celebrity culture and politics comingled in a display of wealth and privilege.

4 years of the Amazon Labor Union: A balance sheet

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:49:37 GMT

The ALU could not simultaneously integrate itself into the orbit of the union bureaucracy and the Democratic Party while developing an independent movement of Amazon workers against the entire corporate and political structure those forces defend.

The political issues in the New York City transit workers’ contract struggle

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:49:26 GMT

Mid-May marks the contract expiration for 40,000 subway and bus workers and the end of the cooling off period for 3,500 rail workers, posing confrontations with the Hochul and Mamdani administrations.

School budget proposal threatens 200 job cuts in Paterson, New Jersey

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:31:39 GMT

The schools in New Jersey’s third largest city are being deprived of the resources that the state itself acknowledges they need to provide a “thorough and efficient” education.

Mamdani’s pension deferral plan advances Wall Street austerity agenda

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:11:05 GMT

Zohran Mamdani, the pseudo-left mayor of New York City, has proposed delaying the city’s contributions to city workers’ pension fund as a way of partly balancing the city budget.

Union officials call off strike of 34,000 New York City doormen, porters and maintenance workers

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:59:51 GMT

The deal between of 32BJ SEIU and the Realty Advisory Board was done without any vote by the membership on whether to call off the strike.

After 2 votes in favor, UAW bureaucracy denies strike approval to student workers at Columbia University

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:13:05 GMT

The UAW bureaucracy has twice now rejected their democratic vote; students must organize to impose their decision, with or without the approval of corrupt and unaccountable bureaucrats.

The political lessons of Mamdani’s first 100 days

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:17:29 GMT

The mayor of New York’s alliance with Trump under conditions of expanding war and attacks on democratic rights is a damning exposure of Mamdani’s political bankruptcy

Big realtors in New York City demand massive concessions from residential building workers

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:16:06 GMT

Tens of thousands of residential building workers in the largest American city are prepared to strike against concessions.

New York rally by Sanders, Mamdani and union officials covers up US war drive against Iran

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:57:30 GMT

Beneath rhetoric about “union density,” Sunday’s New York rally served to police opposition to war, inequality and dictatorship within the framework of the Democratic Party.

New York City Mayor Mamdani reneges on promise of free bus service

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:07:52 GMT

The DSA’s Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days as mayor of America’s largest city have been marked by continuous capitulation before Wall Street and the capitalist state.

Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:04:24 GMT

The plot to kill Kiswani was not an isolated act, but the product of a political environment in which opposition to genocide has been criminalized and democratic rights are under sustained attack.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will cut school and homeless programs to balance budget

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:27:30 GMT

Less than a year after his election, Mamdani is moving to implement austerity to meet the legal requirements of a budget “balanced” on behalf of the bond markets and the financial aristocracy.

Hundreds of contract faculty at New York University begin strike

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:52:30 GMT

Contract faculty, highly exploited full-time non-tenure-track educators, are demanding higher salaries, raises that exceed inflation, academic freedom, job security, subsidized housing and protection against artificial intelligence in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

UAW threatens to block strike by student workers at Columbia University

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:12:03 GMT

Following a 91.5 percent strike authorization vote by student workers, the UAW bureaucracy has threatened to withhold approval of a strike unless the campus local waters down its demands.

Postal, UPS workers in New York City speak out against the war in Iran: “All the parties and the press are for the war, but we are not”

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:16:55 GMT

As the US-Israeli war against Iran rages on with the support of the European imperialist powers and the United Nations, opposition is building in the working class throughout the United States.

Terrorism charges brought against teens who targeted fascist protest with homemade bombs

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:41:06 GMT

No one was hurt by the unexploded devices on Saturday, but the incident is being used to revive the “war on terror.”

Lessons of the 2026 New York City nurses strike

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:47:04 GMT

In spite of the nurses’ powerful position, the 41 day strike ended with a betrayal, demonstrating the need for rank-and-file committees to take struggles out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.

“We have more in common with the Iranian people than we do with billionaires”: American workers denounce attack on Iran

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:31:12 GMT

The level of opposition at the outset of this war is unprecedented in modern US history. A Reuters poll conducted Saturday found that only 27 percent of Americans approved of the strikes.

Strike date announced for New York University contract faculty

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:30:30 GMT

The workers’ main demands include higher salaries, raises that exceed inflation, academic freedom, job security, housing and protection against artificial intelligence.

Trump’s attack on immigrants and students continues with abduction of Ellie Aghayeva from Columbia University

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:31:14 GMT

The abduction of Columbia student Ellie Aghayeva by ICE was meant to terrorize immigrants and students and force the universities to suppress opposition to war in the Middle East.

Mamdani’s decision to reopen New York City schools after blizzard angers teachers and parents

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:19:12 GMT

Educators and parents voiced their opposition to Mamdani’s decision—and to the leadership of the UFT, which had put up no opposition to it—online as well as in a petition that collected over 170,000 signatures.

Mamdani deepens collaboration with Trump in second White House meeting

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:46:42 GMT

Mamdani met with the president in the Oval Office supposedly to propose a housing plan less than two days after Trump’s fascistic State of the Union address.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital nurses seething after end to 6-week strike

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:15:48 GMT

They face not only a new contract that fails to satisfy their demands, but also a new round of attacks and harassment from management, according to nurses who spoke to the World Socialist Web Site.

Palestinian Nerdeen Kiswani files civil rights lawsuit against Zionist Betar USA under Ku Klux Klan Act

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:12:19 GMT

Kiswani’s suit alleges that the violent far-right group has been targeting her for over a year, including by supplying her name to the Trump administration for deportation.

NYSNA bureaucracy pushes through sellout to end nurses’ strike at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:58:17 GMT

The struggle is not over because the new contract will not satisfy the nurses’ needs. But the experience of the strike shows it must be waged on a new strategy based on rank-and-file control.

NYSNA holds snap vote on second sellout agreement for NewYork-Presbyterian nurses

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:13:43 GMT

The new tentative agreement differs little from the previous deal which workers overwhelmingly rejected a week ago.

New York University contract faculty threaten strike action to win first contract

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:01:58 GMT

The current strike authorization vote, which goes from February 9 to 20, comes after more than a year of bargaining where NYU administration has rejected key demands, according to the union.

Zohran Mamdani threatens to increase property tax on New York City workers

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:29:03 GMT

Mamdani announced that unless the New York state legislature increases taxes on the rich and on corporations, he will implement a 9.5 percent increase in property taxes in the city to balance the annual budget.

New York nurses in “uprising” against union boss’s attempts to sabotage strike

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:18:57 GMT

NYSNA president Nancy Hagans, a member of Mayor Mamdani’s transition team, is facing calls for resignation after conspiring to shut down the nurses’ strike.