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Union Retiree News From The Alliance For Retired Americans: President Obama & Indiana Governor Daniels Offer Different Views On The ‘State Of The Union’ And House Speaker Boehner & Republican Presidential Candidates Still Aim To Privatize Medicare

Published Monday, January 30, 2012
President Obama & Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels Offer Different Views On The Current ‘State Of The Union’ President Obama delivered his State of the Union address last week and the Alliance for Retired Americans issued a press release contrasting his ideas with the Republican response offered by Republican Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. “While more»

A Reminder From The New York State United Teachers Union: Know The Pitfalls Of Facebook & Other Social Media As It’s Become Common For Public Employers To Use Information Found On Their Employees' Social Media Pages As Bases For Discipline

Published Monday, January 30, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The following column was authored by Matthew Bergeron, Associate Counsel, and Laura Hallar, Legal Fellow, with the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). It can be directly accessed at: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/nysutunited_17448.htm Facebook and other forms of Social Media have become the "norm" more»

Sunday Labor Column: ‘Congrats’ To Unionized Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Workers On Reaching A New Contract, It’s Good To Be Western New York’s Labor Storyteller & An Interesting Graph On Jobs Created By The Obama Administration

Published Sunday, January 29, 2012
News, Notes & A Bunch Of Observations Made While Covering The Western New York Labor Community Over The Past Week: First off, Congratulations to 1199 SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Healthcare Workers East-Represented Workers at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center who’ve reached a new agreement. From 1199 SEIU: After nearly four more»

Sheet Metal Workers Local 71 Retirees Help ‘Breathe Light’ Back Into Buffalo’s Central Terminal Restoration Project/Without Benefit Of Original Plans, Retirees Build Sconce Replicas Based On Provided Photos & Dimensions From Originals In Hong Kong

Published Sunday, January 29, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Without the benefit of the original plans, Union Retirees from Buffalo’s Sheet Metal Workers Local 71 have been volunteering their time to build replicas of 27-inch-tall, 22-inch-wide, eight-sided Octagon Sconces that once adorned and helped to light up the inside of the Passenger Concourse within the City’s Central more»

The Niagara County Coalition Of Public Employee Unions Says County Manager Jeffrey Glatz Has Done Organized Labor A “Big Favor” By ‘Not’ Recognizing A Labor Group Created To Help Save The County Money On Its Public Employees’ Health Care Coverage

Published Sunday, January 29, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: You can read WNYLaborToday.com’s Labor News Story on the Niagara County Health Care Coalition that first appeared in Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper in early December by clicking on this direct-line headline: Six Unions Representing Nearly 1,400 Niagara County Workers Create Coalition Of Niagara County Public Employee more»

Labor & Management Partner In Washington State To Create Good-Paying Construction Jobs

Published Saturday, January 28, 2012
Here’s a bi-partisan solution: Labor and Management working together to create jobs. In Washington State, where Construction Workers are experiencing up to 50% unemployment, a Labor-Management Coalition is working to push a Jobs Bill through the State Legislature to alleviate the jobs crisis and rebuild infrastructure. The Washington State Labor Council, more»

Despite Massive Attacks On Working People Across The U.S. In 2011, Overall Union Membership Grows By 49,000 – National AFL-CIO President Trumka Says Figures Show “Working Men And Women Want To Improve Their Lives”

Published Friday, January 27, 2012
Despite massive attacks on Working People across the United States in 2011, there’s good news out today (Friday, January 27th) for Organized Labor: According to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall Union Membership increased by 49,000 from 2010 to 2011 and that includes 15,000 new 16-to-24-year-old Members. An increase of 110,000 in the Private more»

Guest Labor Column From Rochester Labor Federation President James Bertolone: Where’s The Public Vilification Of Company Execs That Have Taken Advantage Of Their Workers? Where’s The Demand For Accountability From The Mainstream Media?

Published Friday, January 27, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: James Bertolone serves as President of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, whose 300 affiliated Union Locals combine to represent 100,000 Union Members in the Rochester & Finger Lakes Regions of New York State. In my first Labor Column of 2012, I’ll touch on several big stories in this more»