(LEWISTON, NEW YORK) – Nursing Home Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East who are employed at Lewiston’s Ascension Living/Our Lady of Peace have reached a tentative three-year contract with their St. Louis-based employer, whose representatives traveled from Missouri to bargain the more»

(DUNKIRK, NEW YORK) – Caregivers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) joined with Chautauqua County Faith and Community Leaders in Dunkirk Monday (May 13th) to call on U.S. Congressman Nick Langworthy to more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Representatives of 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East were joined by several Federal, State, County, City and Locally- Elected Officials on Monday (May 13th) after 2,500 1199 SEIU-represented Caregivers employed at 15 Upstate Western New York Nursing Homes overwhelmingly authorized a more»

Derek Seidman at Truthout reports that over the past several months, a battle has been unfolding at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Buffalo that pits two sides of the City against each other: Its love affair with developers, who City Leaders have turned to as post-industrial saviors, and its identity as a Union Town, filling up with Non-Union jobs in low-wage more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, a collage of photos taken earlier this week at the Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council/Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation’s 2025 Workers Memorial Ceremony that was held at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, just south of Buffalo. Unionists, Elected Officials and Friends of Labor more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: This Saturday (May 10th) National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 Members will be participating in the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive and will be picking up non-perishable food placed near mailboxes across Western New York. Pictured above, NALC Branch 3 Buffalo/Western New York Food Drive Co-Chairman more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The 34th Annual Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council’s Workers’ Memorial Ceremony was held over the weekend at Reservoir Park in the Niagara County Town of Lewiston, where dozens of Unionists, Elected Officials and Friends of Labor gathered to honor those who’ve gone to work in the morning - more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Nursing Home Workers employed at the Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract today in a near unanimous vote, averting a planned informational picket. Both Union Members and management came to a tentative more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2104’s Trevor Ganshaw and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 686’s Nicole Printup were recently recognized and publicly honored during the United Way of Greater Niagara’s Annual Awards Breakfast for their and their Unions’ more»

Haley Daugherty at The Trib Live in Tarentum, Pennsylvania reports the United Steelworkers (USW) and ATI have reached a tentative contract agreement, which the Union texted to its Membership Tuesday (April 15th) evening. ATI confirmed it was a six-year agreement. The former contract, which the USW and ATI continued to operate under, had expired on February more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 135 President Josh Hall (on the left) and USW District 4 Staff Representative Jim Briggs stand outside the Union Hall - located down the road from the Sumitomo Tire Plant in Tonawanda, just outside Buffalo. The two USW Officials sat down with WNYLaborToday.com to discuss more»

(MOUNT MORRIS, NEW YORK) – As we turn the page to Spring, the Winter is nothing but a memory as New Yorkers welcome the warm change in weather for several months to come. But at American Rock Salt (ARS) in Livingston County where the United Steelworkers (USW) represent 250 Workers at the largest Rock Salt Mine in the country, the coming months will more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – It seems these days that the only time you hear about Registered Nurses in the news is when they are standing up for themselves during a contract fight at a local hospital or battling for measures that make their workplaces safer so they can take care of the needs of the patients that they are also standing up for. That’s more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – Hundreds of Union-represented Nursing Home Workers employed at six long-term care facilities in Erie and Niagara Counties are picketing today (Monday, April 7th) and will again on Tuesday (April 8th) over unsafe staffing levels and a lack of progress in contract talks, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – After management at Niagara Reworld - a Niagara Falls waste treatment company, reneged on their bonuses, Workers employed there decided it was time to Unionize. And they have - overcoming management’s individual Captive Audience Meetings that employed a Union-Busting mentality - and a snafu by a National Labor more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Area Union Leaders, Representatives, Elected Officials and Friends of Labor gathered at United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 774’s Headquarters just outside Tonawanda’s General Motors Powertrain Plant over the weekend to attend the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation’s (WNYALF) annual meeting. more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured Above, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 Executive Vice President Michael Levering (on the left) is joined by American Postal Workers (APWU) Buffalo President Frank Resetarits (in the middle) and NALC Branch 3 President David Grosskopf, Junior (on the right) during the APWU’s public more»

Justice Marbury at The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports Workers employed at the Abundance Co-op, a community-owned grocery store located in Rochester’s South Wedge Neighborhood, have announced they are Unionizing - marking the first Union effort in the co-op’s history. Workers filed for a Union Election on March 11th. Bailey Stevens, a more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, held a news conference in Buffalo’s Medical Corridor this week as a means to further educate the general public to the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze Federal Research Grants, which several speakers said will more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Organized Labor came out in force over the weekend and donated more than $73,000 to the annual Variety Club Telethon, which raised more than $1 million that directly supports Buffalo’s Oishei Children's Hospital and other Children's charities. Variety Club President Tony Vaccaro, who serves as a Business Agent at Teamsters more»

An agreement has been reached that could end the weeks of Prison Strikes across New York State and Corrections Officers could be back to work as early as today (Monday, March 10th). The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) confirmed the agreement over the weekend. Officials say it will take effect if at least 85% of more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – After Workers employed at Buffalo’s AKG Art Museum won their Union and ratified their first contract in December, the Union believed this would mark the start of a collaborative relationship with museum leadership - one where both Workers and the museum could thrive - together. Instead, Buffalo AKG Workers United charge more»

Despite working in a myriad of different industries, with extremely diverse skills and knowledge sets, for different employers, and under contracts just as varied (each with its own work rules, pay scales and bespoke peculiarities), we in the Labor Community refer to each other as “Brother” and “Sister.” We feel this kinship in more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Union-represented Health Care Workers who are employed at Western New York’s largest employer, Kaleida Health, began negotiations today (Tuesday, March 4th) on a new contract. The current deal that covers nearly 8,000 Workers - who are represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 and 1199 Service more»

FingerLakes1.com reports New York is set to fire all striking Correctional Officers starting today (Sunday, March 2nd) as the State moves to enforce penalties under the Taylor Law. The Department of Employee Relations confirms termination notices will be issued and health insurance coverage for striking Officers and their dependents will be canceled more»

The Trump Administration has set its sights on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and its 600,000 Workers, 9% of whom are Union Members. The USPS is the Nation’s largest Unionized employer and Postal Workers like me are raising the alarm. If any agency should be immune to political meddling, it’s the USPS. The Postal Service’s role is more»

Josh Bivens reports on a new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report on extending President Trump’s low tax rates for the rich and corporations, which the EPI says will hurt Working Families and include a number of painful trade-offs. Key findings of the report include: The U.S. Fiscal Gap - How much taxes need to be raised or spending cut to keep more»

Amie Stager at Workday Magazine Minnesota reports that in early February, a room of almost 60 Union Members and Organizers representing 17 different Unions gathered during a classic Minnesota snow emergency for a half-day long “Democracy Defense” training. Led by St. Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) Local 28, attendees worked in groups to more»

The Auburn Citizen reports Correction Officers employed at three New York Prisons are on Strike, an extraordinary response to what they view as New York State's failure to address unsafe working conditions at the facilities. Guards at the Collins (in Erie County), Elmira and Groveland Correctional Facilities began the strikes on Monday (February 17th). The more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) - Battling severe Winter weather, whiteouts, subzero wind chill and black ice, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Members who are employed as Snowplow Operators at the New York State Department of Transportation and local Government Agencies are working hard to ensure roads are clear and drivable. But as Plow Operators continue more»

USW District 4 Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Susan Ridgeway – who serves as the United Steelworkers’ (USW) Western New York Women of Steel (WOS) Committee Chair, holds up a photo of long-time Activist Cindy Marlow, who passed away in 2024 following a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Ridgeway stepped up to take on the role of more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Jan Borman is being remembered for blazing a trail that led to her becoming the first Woman to head Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1122 - and for both her tenacity and dedication to her Membership, who she fought so hard for. Personally, I last saw Jan on Labor Day, after the Buffalo AFL-CIO Labor Council’s more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1133 President Brian Magner and Executive Vice President Kevonna Neely are part of the new leadership team that is guiding their Local of 2,500 Health Caregivers into 2025 and beyond. First up on this year’s agenda, a new contract with Catholic more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, a collage of photos from this past weekend’s Buffalo Building & Construction Trades Council’s Charity Hockey Tournament that was held at the Buffalo RiverWorks Entertainment Complex to benefit the long-term Pediatric HighPointe Unit in the City’s Medical Corridor. more»

(ACROSS NEW YORK STATE) – As part of the Communities Not Cages Campaign, along with the Center For Community Alternatives, Labor Leaders joined with Lawmakers, families separated from incarcerated loved ones, a former Prison Commissioner and Civil Rights Organizations at individual rallies held in six locations across New York State to publicly call more»

A Strike involving 170 Members of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 36G in Buffalo is over. The Union Workers, who were on Strike at J.M. Smucker-owned Milk-Bone, have voted to ratify a new contract - bringing to an end a seven-week walkout. Reflecting on the vote to accept the new agreement, BCTGM International more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is welcoming Buffalo’s King Center Charter School into the Union Fold after the group of 65 Kindergarten through 8th Grade Educators and Support Staff voted overwhelmingly to organize. Teachers contacted NYSUT Organizer Rose Hennessy during the Summer after feeling unheard by the more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – Not being able to provide for one’s family during the Holiday Season can be very hard, especially on young children who look so forward to Christmas morning when they look under the tree to see what Santa has left them. But for the past 10 years, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and its Affiliated more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Members of both the Buffalo and Rochester Building Trades Councils gathered in Batavia Wednesday (December 18th) to protest the Genessee County Economic Development Center’s (GCEDC) granting of a waiver of a local hiring provision that would have been attached to the half-billion-dollar, more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, eight Members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 - including Denise Abbott, who serves as President of the Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, participated in the Special Olympics’ Polar Plunge in Lake Erie that was recently held at Woodlawn Beach State Park in Blasdell. The more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Joe Wild (seated at the far end of the table) - a Health Care Consultant/Taft-Hartley Specialist based in Western New York, has created a series of unique Upstate New York Union Funds Manager Roundtables that either can be attended in person or anywhere else via Zoom. These opportunities are working to more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Mother and Daughter Sharon Scime (on the right) and Rebecca Aldrow (on the left), who are both Members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1133 in Buffalo, spearheaded an effort to help make the Holidays a bit brighter for some of the 1,200 United Steelworkers (USW) Members who recently more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The 10th anniversary of the Center For Occupational & Environmental Medicine (COEM) was recently celebrated by a bevy of Labor Leaders, Hospital Representatives and Elected Officials during an event held at the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) in Buffalo, where it is housed. The COEM plays an important role in more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The Buffalo Building and Construction Trades Council and its Member Unions are publicly thanking the Pegula Family, Governor Kathy Hochul and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for choosing to build the Buffalo Bills’ new $2-plus billion in Orchard Park under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) through the more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – With his more than 40 years of experience in Labor Relations, Community Outreach and Benefits Administration, Bill Jakobi is starting over with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield here in Western New York with the goal of making a “real impact on both Workers and access to their health care needs.” Jakobi - the long-time more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: A collage of photos from the United Steelworkers (USW)/Women of Steel (WOS) Western New York Group’s annual holiday scarf donation here in Western New York where more than 300 scarves were distributed in Buffalo, Niagara County and in Olean for the less fortunate. With heavy hearts, but with smiles on their more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – As the new President of Highmark Western and Northeastern New York, which includes oversight of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in the Western New York Market (the only Union-represented Health Care Provider in the region) and Highmark Blue Shield in the Northeastern New York Market, Jessica Cox has a deep appreciation of more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Manny Greer has health problems and is dealing with food insecurity. Marisa Carrion is a young single Mother of three, while David Kozinski has been working for 26 years now but is worried about his younger Co-Workers who are having a tough time these days. What brought these three National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) more»

(TONAWANDA, NEW YORK) - The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) are condemning Japanese-owned Sumitomo Tire’s decision to shutter its Tonawanda Facility, costing 1,200 USW-represented Workers their jobs. USW District 4 Director Dave Wasiura, who represents Workers in New York and eight other more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 President David Grosskopf, Jr. strikes a pose in his Suburban Buffalo Union Hall with a stuffed lion, which is the identifying symbol of the Concerned Letter Carriers, a non-profit group striving to establish and maintain strong, capable and more»