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Published Wednesday, August 18, 2010
(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
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Published Wednesday, August 18, 2010
(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
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Published Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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,
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Published Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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
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Published Tuesday, August 17, 2010
(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
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Published Tuesday, August 17, 2010
(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
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Published Monday, August 16, 2010
(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
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Published Sunday, August 15, 2010
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
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