Pictured Above: IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 106 Business Manager David Wilkinson (on the left) and Local 106 Membership Organizer David Painter (on the right) show off one of the 1,000 Made In The USA plastic Frisbees - with the words: IBEW Local 106 – Electricians of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany Counties printed on more»

Pictured Above: IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 106 Business Manager David Wilkinson (right) inspects and discusses his Chautauqua County Union’s new solar cell panel system that is located atop the Union’s newly-expanded Green Headquarters in Jamestown with Local 106 Membership Development Director David Painter. more»

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, more»

Pictured Above: Dunkirk AFL-CIO Central Labor Council President Doug Stock holds up the Council’s original 1959 charter that was believed to have been lost in a major fire that destroyed the Masonic Temple Building on Central Avenue in Dunkirk earlier this year. The AFL-CIO Charter was discovered – surprisingly in tact and with little damage - during more»

(BUFFALO) – WNYLaborToday.com recently caught up with newly-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Mark Pearce (pictured above during an interview with WNYLaborToday.com Editor-Publisher Tom Campbell) as he made a return trip home to Buffalo. During a brief interview with Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper, the former local Labor Lawyer more»

(VALHALLA, NEW YORK) – The upcoming elimination of nursing positions at Westchester Medical Center will have a negative impact on the quality of patient care, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the Union that represents the medical center’s Registered Nurses (RNs). Late last week, management at the Westchester Medical more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is hailing recent state Senate’s passage of the Dignity for all Students Act, and urging Governor David Paterson to sign the bill into law so that all students are free from bullying and harassment and are provided a safe place in which to learn. The legislation – which had been long-sought by more»

Editor's Note: The following viewpoint column was published on LaborNotes.org - a media and organizing project that has been the Voice of Union Activists since 1979. It was written by Cherrene Horazuk, a clerical worker employed at the University of Minnesota, who also serves as the chief steward of AFSCME Local 3800. A contested election at the more»