(NEW YORK) - Overcoming a vigorous anti-Union campaign led by Cablevision, nearly 300 Brooklyn Cablevision Technicians and Dispatchers in Brooklyn have voted to join Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1109 in a Union Election that was administered by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The 282 Workers are the first Cablevision Employees to more»

(NEW YORK) - Overcoming a vigorous anti-Union campaign led by Cablevision, nearly 300 Brooklyn Cablevision Technicians and Dispatchers in Brooklyn have voted to join Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1109 in a Union Election that was administered by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The 282 Workers are the first Cablevision Employees to more»

(STATEN ISLAND) - More than 150 Union Members marched in solidarity last night (Thursday, January 26th) from the Yukon Bus Depot to the Verizon Wireless Store in New Springville on Staten Island to protest what they called Unfair Working Conditions. Billed as the Labor Unity March, participating Unions included the Communication Workers of America more»

(BUFFALO) - David Palmer, a 37-Year Union Member who has served as District 1/Buffalo Area Director for the Communications Workers of America (CWA) since 2000, is Erie County’s New Commissioner of Labor Relations. Palmer starts his new job on Monday (January 30th). In an interview with WNYLaborToday.com today (Thursday, January 26th), the 62-year-old more»

From The National AFL-CIO News Now Blog: Last night (Wednesday, January 25th), the Indiana State House passed a Right-to-Work (RTW) for less Bill by a vote of 55-to-41. The issue now moves to the State Senate, where it’s expected to be taken up and voted on next week. The Senate previously passed a different version of the bill. Working Hoosiers by the more»

(NIAGARA FALLS) – Anti-Worker/Anti-Union Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is credited with reawakening the Labor Movement in Wisconsin. Now Norampac – a Canadian Company that’s building a new $430 million Linerboard Manufacturing Facility in Niagara Falls, which is being partially subsidized with more than $100 million in Tax Credits, Low-Cost more»

(LOCKPORT) – 1199 SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Healthcare Workers East-Represented Employees at the Odd Fellow and Rebekah Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Niagara County held an informational picket in front of the Lockport Facility today (Wednesday, January 25th) in an effort to focus public attention on urgent staffing issues. more»

(ALBANY) - Public Employees Federation (PEF) Vice President Joe Fox, who testified today (Wednesday, January 25th) in Albany during a New York State Legislative Hearing on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget proposal that would directly impact the State’s Workforce, told Legislators to beware of ‘dangerous’ Budget Reform Proposals, saying they would more»