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Published Friday, August 27, 2010
(BUFFALO) – The
Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council is expecting to have more than 100 area
Labor Unions take part in the 2010 Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 6th in
South Buffalo, with recently-retired Labor
Leader Bill Greeley serving as its grand marshal.
Held in honor
of the hard-working men and women of Western New York and to
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Published Friday, August 27, 2010
Editor’s Note: Richard Negri
is Editor/Publisher of UnionReview.com
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The Union Review’s mission is to provide an on-line venue to share such
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Published Friday, August 27, 2010
It’s a speech that is getting a big reaction from the press
and pundits across the country.
National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Alaska AFL-CIO convention
in Anchorage last
night that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin -the self-appointed queen of the
ultra-conservative movement - has betrayed her fake populist image and,
instead, is spouting
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Published Thursday, August 26, 2010
In yet another sign of thawing between the two rival
factions of the Labor Movement, leaders of the National AFL-CIO and the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) have agreed to pool their resources
between now and the November elections.
The Wall Street Journal has reported the two Labor Organizations would combine forces
to spend $88 million in a
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Published Wednesday, August 25, 2010
(BUFFALO) – Representatives
of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) held a vigil today for a
Registered Nurse (RN) employed by the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), who
suffered major injuries after being recently attacked on the job by a patient
in its psychiatric ward. Unionized RNs and their community allies
joined together outside the medical
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Published Wednesday, August 25, 2010
(BUFFALO) - A three-year agreement has been ratified between NABET-CWA (National
Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians-Communications Workers of
America) Local 25 and WIVB-TV, Union Representatives announced
today. Local 25 managed to keep many important
jurisdiction and seniority provisions intact while allowing
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Published Tuesday, August 24, 2010
(ALBANY)
– The
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) today welcomed New York's selection as
a Race to the Top winner, saying the U.S.
Department of Education recognized the involvement of NYSUT as a key
stakeholder in a state application that focused on real reform.
NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi said the 600,000-member Union
has taken on a major
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Published Tuesday, August 24, 2010
(BUFFALO) – New
York State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-144th
Assembly District/Buffalo-Grand Island) applauded today’s
announcement that New York State received up to $700 million in funding from
Phase II of the federal Race to the Top
program - a Federally-funded education grant program that rewards states for
adopting comprehensive reforms.
A long-time
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