Editor’s Note: Danny Donohue (pictured above) is president of the nearly 300,000-member New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) - New York's Leading Union. A recently-released book entitled: A Century of Service: The Story of CSEA's First 100 years – commemorates and chronicles the history of CSEA, as well as the growth of the Union - more»

(UPSTATE NEW YORK) - Governor David Paterson has signed into law the new Smart Growth bill - sponsored in the New York State Assembly by Sam Hoyt of Buffalo - that requires New York State Agencies, Authorities and Public Corporations to screen their infrastructure programs and investments in order to ensure they’re not funding inefficient, redundant and more»

(ACROSS NEW YORK STATE) – In advance of the Labor Day Weekend, CSEA (Civil Service Employees Association) has launched a public awareness campaign called Don’t Zone Out, which confronts the issue of distracted driving – particularly in road and highway work zones. The Statewide Employees Union is convinced that better attention on New York’s roadways will more»

(NEW YORK) - The statewide New York Industrial Development Agency Coalition (NY/IDAC) has released a report that finds New York State's main economic development tool - Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) - are spending spiraling amounts of tax dollars each year while failing to create jobs and hiding from public scrutiny. No Return On Our Investment: more»

(NIAGARA FALLS) – The Niagara County Building & Construction Trades Council, which represents 10,000 Unionized Construction Workers and has built a stellar track record with Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on numerous construction projects, and the Niagara Falls School District recently agreed to a PLA on a $5.5 million renovation project that more»

(ALBANY) – Reaction was swift from the Union presidents of both the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Public Employees Federation (PEF) after New York Governor David Paterson once again publicly floated the concept today of laying off state workers to help balance a growing $10 billion, 2010 budget deficit. According to published reports, more»

(SUDBURY, PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO/CANADA) – United Steelworkers (USW) Members in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ont., have ended their year-long strike against mining giant Vale, approving a new collective agreement. USW Local 6500 Members in Sudbury voted 75% in favor yesterday (Thursday, July 8th) of the new contract, while Local 6200 members in Port Colborne more»

Pictured Above: The U.S. Postal Service holds a Town Hall-style meeting in the Common Council Chambers inside Buffalo's City Hall in order to gather public in-put on a plan to cut mail delivery service from six to five days. Local National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)/Branch 3 Representatives spoke at the hearing, saying the proposal would hurt more»