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WNYLaborToday.com Viewer/Reader Reaction To Governor Cuomo Naming A New State Labor Commissioner: Buffalo Law Firm Labor Representative & Union Member Tim Heyden Says It’s Potentially Bad News For State Residents & The Unemployed

Published Tuesday, March 27, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Timothy Heyden, a Union Member represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17, is currently employed as the Labor Representative for the Buffalo Law Firm of Collins & Collins LLC. Heyden sent WNYLaborToday.com the following Viewer/Reader Reaction Piece after reading a Labor News Report more»

Letter To The WNYLaborToday.com Editor From Niagara County’s AFSCME Local 182 President Bill Rutland: What Is A Step Increase?

Published Thursday, February 16, 2012
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Bill Rutland serves as President of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 182, which represents Blue-Collar Workers in the County Department of Public Works, and whose Union is a member of the Niagara County Health Care Labor Coalition - which includes six Niagara County Unions that more»

WNYLaborToday.com Labor Day Letter To The Editor From Central New York Area Labor Federation President Ann Marie Taliercio: WE ARE ONE NEW YORK!

Published Monday, September 5, 2011
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Ann Marie Taliercio serves as President of the Central New York Area Labor Federation. The Central New York Area Labor Federation represents more than 100,000 Union Members who are in turn represented by 200 Local Unions that are located in 11 Central New York Counties, including: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, more»

WNYLaborToday.Com Letter To The Editor From CSEA Local 7420 President Ove Overmeyer: Don't Punish Unions For Whatever Success They've Had Protecting Members And Holding On To An Ever-Dwindling Power Base Of American Workers

Published Tuesday, March 1, 2011
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: WNYLaborToday.com received the following Labor Letter To The Editor submission from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 7420 President Ove Overmeyer, whose Union represents Library Workers in the City of Rochester: It’s a race to the bottom. A generation ago, non-Union workers often welcomed news of more»

Labor Letter To The Editor From WNY Unionist Gene Grabiner: When Will The Working Families Party Run Its Own Candidates - And On Labor’s Own Slates With Labor’s Own Platform?

Published Tuesday, February 15, 2011
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Gene Grabiner (pictured above via Facebook), who teaches Sociology at Erie County Community College’s (ECC) City of Buffalo Campus, has been a member of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) for 36 years. Grabiner - who is currently represented by the Faculty Federation of ECC, which has 466 full-time and 400 part-time more»

WNYLaborToday.com Letter To The Editor From Teamsters Local 375 Tony Vaccaro: Teamsters Union & Its Members Are Responsible For Saving YRC Worldwide Trucking

Published Monday, November 8, 2010
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Last week, WNYLaborToday.com reported on Teamster Members who work at YRC Worldwide Inc.’s (YRCW) operating companies YRC, Holland and New Penn having ratified a so-called Restructuring Plan aimed at saving more than 25,000 Union Jobs. YRC and Holland members ratified the agreement by a 62% to 38% margin, while members at more»

WNYLaborToday.Com Letter To The Editor From CSEA Local 7420 President Ove Overmeyer In Rochester: “No Doubt About It, Public Employees Have Targets On Their Backs”

Published Thursday, October 28, 2010
WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: WNYLaborToday.com received the following Letter To The Editor submission from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 7420 President Ove Overmeyer, whose Union represents Library Workers in the City of Rochester: No doubt about it, Public Employees have targets on their backs. However, one can make the powerful more»

Labor Letter To The Editor From Unionist And Unemployment Insurance Advocate Timothy J. Heyden: “The Importance Of The Social Security Act Should Never Be Taken For Granted And Protecting It For Future Generations Should Be Of Paramount Importance”

Published Saturday, August 14, 2010
On Saturday, August 14th, 2010, the Social Security Act will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of it being signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since August 14th, 1935, the Act has admirably served millions of disabled and retired Americans and is our country's greatest social insurance program. Sadly, it is under constant attack from more»