(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 more»

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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 more»

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 more»

(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 more»

(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 more»

(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 more»

(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 more»