(NEW YORK STATE) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) - New York’s Leading Union - is marking Labor Day 2010 with an important recognition of its Centennial Anniversary. CSEA was the first-known organization of state employees when it was founded at the State Capitol in 1910. Since then, the Union has grown to represent every kind of worker in more»

(BUFFALO) – Governor David Paterson has approved legislation that was introduced by New York State Senator William Stachowski of Buffalo that would create a Western New York Economic Development Fund using proceeds from the sale of unallocated Expansion and Replacement Power from the New York Power Authority (NYPA). “The creation of this fund is another more»

(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»

(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»

Pictured Above: Buffalo’s new U.S. Courthouse project features a unique Unitized Curtain Wall glass product and system that is locally-made- and -installed by CBO Glass of Alden, a Union employer whose Glazier Workforce is represented by IUPAT (International Union of Painters & Allied Trades) District 4 in Cheektowaga. A stellar Labor-Management 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: These are some of the 300 members of RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers)/UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) Local 220 in the Wayne County Town of Williamson who are in their 12th week of a strike at the Dr. Pepper/Snapple-owned Mott’s manufacturing plant. The strike, which centers on wage, benefit and Health Care more»