Representatives of NYC's largest municipal union notified its members this month that the city has changed its negotiating position on hybrid work for non-essential city workers—and now is willing to discuss the union's demand for hybrid work schedules as part of a new labor contract.

SSEU Local 371, which is part of District Council 37 (DC 37)—the largest union whose contract has expired—told its members in a letter entitled "Bargaining Session Update" that, during a negotiating session on Jan. 24 between DC 37 and the city's bargaining committee, the city agreed to put the issue of hybrid work on the bargaining table.

"Previously, the city had made it clear that they were not interested in negotiations regarding telework/hybrid schedules for the union's members," said Carl Cook, an SSEU VP, in the letter, according to a report in Gothamist.