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Sunday (On A Monday) Labor Column: WNYLaborToday.com Celebrates The Beginning Of Our Fifth Year Of Bringing Our Viewers/Readers The Latest In Labor News & IUOE Local 463 Underwrites Year-Long Subscriptions For Its 300 Niagara County Members

Published Monday, April 16, 2012
News, Notes & A Bunch Of Observations Made While Covering The Western New York Labor Community Over The Past Several Days: I wanted to let everyone know that WNYLaborToday.com – Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper – has started our Fifth Year of continuing to provide our Viewers/Readers with an array of Labor News not found anywhere else across the more»

Sunday (On A Monday) Labor Column: I Hope Everyone Had A Great Easter, Happy Dyngus Day! & Parents Of Buffalo City Schoolchildren Really Need To Make Sure Their Kids Are In School Rather Than Blaming The Buffalo Teachers Federation

Published Monday, April 9, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com hopes our many Viewers/Readers had a great Easter Holiday that was full of family, friends, traditions, great food and a visit from the Easter Bunny himself! And today, Your Regional On-Line Labor Newspaper wishes our Polish Friends across Western New York and the Nation a very happy Dyngus Day! I can already hear the Polka Bands playing more»

Sunday (On A Monday) Labor Column: Even Though I’ve Taken A Break Due To The Fact I’ve Been Under The Weather For More Than A Couple Of Weeks Now, There’s A Lot To Catch Up On Across The Western New York Labor Community…

Published Monday, April 2, 2012
Since I’ve Been Horribly Under The Weather Over The Past Several Weeks & Had Taken A Break In Providing WNYLaborToday.com’s Many Viewers/Readers With Our Regular Sunday Labor News Column, Which Brings You A Variety Of News, Notes & A Bunch Of Observations Made While Covering The Western New York Labor Community, Why Don’t I Take This Opportunity To more»

WNYLaborToday.com Labor Op-Ed Offering From Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore Slams The Buffalo News For Not Counting Absenteeism In Teacher Evaluation/Calls The Suggestion “Absurd”

Published Sunday, March 18, 2012
In response to a recent editorial that was published in The Buffalo News, it is New York State Education Commissioner John King, apparently speaking for the Regents, who is vindictively withholding funding for Buffalo’s Public Schools unless Teachers capitulate to what most intelligent people agree is absurd - Teachers being evaluated based upon Students more»

WNYLaborToday.com Op-Ed Labor Viewpoint From Western New York AFL-CIO Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz & Rochester AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation President Jim Bertolone: Piracy Is Alive And Well In Upstate New York

Published Thursday, March 15, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The following is a Op-Ed Labor Viewpoint co-authored by Western New York AFL-CIO Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz and Rochester & Genesee Valley AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation President Jim Bertolone on the use of Industrial Development Agency Tax Breaks by a local company to shift its operations from the City more»

Labor Perspective From CWA-Represented Registered Nurse Diana Butsch: If We Really Want To Improve The Nursing Profession At The Bedside, And The Overall Health Care System - We Must Pass Laws Like California Did With Safe Nurse-To-Patient Ratios

Published Monday, March 12, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper received the following Labor Perspective offering from Communications of America (CWA) Local 1168-Represented Registered Nurse (RN) Diana Butsch (pictured above/Photo Courtesy of Diana Butsch), who tells WNYLaborToday.com that she had originally sent the piece to The Buffalo News with more»

Sunday Labor Column: I Don’t Believe Limbaugh’s Rush To Apologize, CSEA Launches Major Ad Campaign Against Tier 6, There’s A Great Need For Better Writing/Editing In The Labor Movement & Just Where Does The U.S. Get Its Oil?

Published Sunday, March 4, 2012
News, Notes & A Bunch Of Observations Made While Covering The Western New York Labor Community Over The Past Week: Without getting into all the nitty/gritty details involving Rush Limbaugh’s now infamous “slut”/”prostitute” comments he made last week that involved a young, female Georgetown Law Student and his quick apology over the weekend after a more»

WNYLaborToday.com Labor Perspective: Enough Already! Leave Teachers Alone! Instead, Western New York’s Mainstream Media Needs To Start Holding School Districts, School Boards & Well-Paid Superintendents More Accountable

Published Sunday, February 26, 2012
I don’t know about you – but enough already! I’ve grown so sick and tired of the Buffalo-area media taking shots at local Teachers during these past several weeks. Would you just leave Teachers alone – period! The latest blast involves the rehashing of the very old story of the Buffalo Teachers Federation and the cosmetic rider contained in their more»