(WASHINGTON) - Working America, a community affiliate of the National AFL-CIO, is launching a campaign that will organize & mobilize hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers across the United States for the November elections, it was announced today. The campaign will engage unemployed Working America members who are registered voters by reaching more»

(BUFFALO) – Republican State Senator George Maziarz - who’s already received several endorsements from Organized Labor in his re-election campaign - has come under fire from the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Union officials charge Maziarz is refusing to support and is personally blocking a bill in a committee he chairs that would protect more»

Pictured Above: IUE-CWA Local 81045 President Howard Lyon takes WNYLaborToday.com on a tour of the Jamestown-headquartered Crawford of Jamestown Furniture Company, where an array of high-quality furniture products are constructed by his Union’s 90-member workforce. Crawford, which was founded in 1883, offers a wide selection of hardwood furniture, more»

Editor’s Note: Heather Stefan (pictured above) is a Labor Advocate with a strong focus on Public Relations and Social Media for Labor Organizations. She got her first taste of the Labor Movement as a public school teacher and area coordinator for a Local with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She left the classroom to take a position with the more»

(ALBANY) – The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is praising Governor David Paterson for signing the Violence Against Nurses Bill into law, which now makes it a felony in New York State to assault a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) while on duty. “Providing for a felony charge against those who assault an RN or LPN at work more»

(ALBANY) - The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) - the State’s second-largest State-Employee Union that represents 58,000 professional, scientific and technical employees - announced today that it has endorsed Richard Brodsky for Attorney General. In a prepared statement, PEF President Kenneth Brynien said: “In the Assembly, Richard Brodsky more»

(HARTFORD) – Hundreds of friends and family of the eight workers who died in the senseless act of workplace violence on August 3rd at Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Connecticut, joined together yesterday to pay tribute to the victims and honor their lives. Representatives from the Teamsters Union, Hartford Distributors, Anheuser-Busch, elected more»

In Williamson, New York – located 20 minutes from Rochester – Union-Represented workers at the Dr. Pepper/Snapple-owned Mott’s plant have been walking a picket line outside the juice and applesauce manufacturing facility since 300 RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers)/UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) Local 220 employees began an more»