WNY Labor Today - Western New York's Regional Labor News Web Site

Today's date is Thursday, February

SUPPORTED BY UNIONS THAT COMBINE TO REPRESENT 125,000 WNY MEMBERS.

Home
News
About WNYLaborToday.com
Contact Us
Links
Labor Endorsements

Buffalo AFL-CIO CLC
Niagara-Orleans CLC
Southern Tier Councils
State/Natl. Labor News
Young Unionists
Union Retirees

Check Out These Labor Links: You Still Have Time To Register For Today’s Webinar On How To Use Facebook For Union Organizing; From The L.A. Times: National AFL-CIO Chief Goes On Offensive; And Check Out Minnesota Teamster Local 320’s Cool Website

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 From time to time, WNYLaborToday.com will point our Viewers/Readers in the direction of a number of interesting and informative Labor News Stories, Websites and Opportunities that we find during the course of doing what we Read more»

Organized Labor Joins With Number Of Community Groups To Call On Monroe County IDA To End Tax Break Deal With Ward’s Natural Science In Rochester/IDAs Tax Deal With Company Has Become The Central Focus For Reform Advocates Across New York

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (ROCHESTER) – Representatives of Organized Labor joined with a number of area Community Groups to rally outside the County of Monroe IDA (COMIDA) on Tuesday (February 21st) in order to publicly urge its Board to rescind Tax Read more»

From The Palm Beach Post: Billionaire David Koch, Who’s Helping Fund Anti-Union Governor Scott Walker’s Quest To Eradicate Workers’ Rights & Collective Bargaining In Wisconsin, Says "If Unions Win The Recall, There Will Be No Stopping Union Power."

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper ran across this recently-published story on the Internet that featured Billionaire David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers who’ve been funding Read more»

Workers at Southern California Carwashes Win First Contracts

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Workers at two more Southern California Car Washes have won their first contracts with Car Wash Owners after they voted last year to join United Steelworkers (USW) Local 675. The Workers at Vermont Carwash and Nava’s Read more»

A ‘Working Man’s Perspective’ From Communications Workers Of America Local 1102 Business Agent Steve Lawton On Staten Island: What The Last Year Has Taught Organized Labor

Saturday, February 18, 2012 WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper met Steve Lawton (pictured above), who is a Business Agent for CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 1102 on Staten Island, through the Social Read more»

Union Retiree News From The Alliance For Retired Americans: Alliance Executive Director Edward Coyle Concerned About Proposed Means-Testing For Medicare & Payroll Tax Cut Bill Affects Medicare Reimbursements And Unemployment Benefits

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Alliance For Retired Americans Executive Director Edward Coyle Concerned About Proposed Means-Testing For Medicare President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget last week. While his Administration does not Read more»

The International Union of Painters & Allied Trades/District Council 4

Labor Discussion Board

Is New York State Pension Reform Really Needed? Posted by: Tom Campbell on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 4:28:08 pm
Comments (0 )

What People Are Saying About WNY Labor Today

We had another interview on WFRN....

WNYLaborToday.com and Editor/Publisher Tom Campbell were once again guests on The Union Edge Talk Radio Show on May 5th, 2011. The Union Edge is a member of the Working Family Radio Network (WFRN) and is broadcast daily in Pittsburgh on WPYT-AM and WFYL-AM in Philadelphia. Click here to listen now.

More of What People Are Saying »

WNY Labor Today Poll

New York State Is Attacking Public Employee Pensions. Governor Cuomo Wants Pension Reform In The Form Of A Newly-Created Tier VI. The Public Employees Federation, Meanwhile, Praises State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Who Believes The Defined Benefit-Pension System Is The Best Way To Provide Retirement Security. What Do You Think? I Agree With DiNapoli - Leave It Alone! I'd Tell Cuomo - Leave It Alone! I'd Tell Them To Stop Demonizing Public Workers For Every Ill Known To Mankind I'd Tell Them Something Completely Different That I'll Share With You On WNYLaborToday.com's Labor Discussion Board