(DUNKIRK, NEW YORK) – Following a long, seven-year wait, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York State has released the necessary funds to build a new and modern Brooks Memorial Hospital to serve the residents of Northern Chautauqua County, news that 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the New York State Nurses Association more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – There were Union Leaders who spoke, along with those from Non-Profit Community Groups, Members of the local Business Community and a host of Elected Officials on Friday (May 31st) at United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9’s Suburban Buffalo Union Hall - an unlikely alliance brought together to support one issue: Establish a more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Paul Cole serves as the Executive Director of the American Labor Studies Center. He is Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the New York State AFL-CIO, a former Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and a former Member of the Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and more»

(ALFRED, NEW YORK) – Graduate Student Workers at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University (NYSCC) are demanding their employer recognize their Union, represented by the Graduate Student Employees Union-Communications Workers of America (GSEU-CWA) Local 1104. The Student Workers have filed a petition with the National Labor more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1122 Members employed at the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Western New York have ratified a new, three-year contract that covers more than 600 Workers, including Nurses, Therapists, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Clerical Staff, Warehouse Techs and Delivery Drivers. The new deal more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: At least three speakers who addressed those in attendance over the weekend at the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council’s 2024 Workers’ Memorial Event publicly lamented the fact that there were no media outlets there to cover the ceremony that honors those area Workers who went to work in the more»

(ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK) – A Logger, a Thruway Inspector, a Tire Manufacturing Worker, a Roofer, a Millwright and an 18-year-old Retail Worker - just some of the local Workers who lost their lives in 2023 who were remembered earlier this week at the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) and Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor more»

(FREDONIA, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), America’s largest Higher Education Union, rallied with State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia students, Faculty and Staff, and community leaders to loudly call for fair funding for the college and 18 other SUNY campuses with multi-million-dollar deficits. More than 200 people attended more»

(JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK) – While admittedly “reluctant” at first to take responsibility for guiding the Jamestown AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, President Ryan Sweeney is looking to “grow involvement” in the Southern Tier Labor Organization, as well as involve its affiliated Unions and their Members in the Chautauqua County more»

(FREDONIA, NEW YORK) – Many across the Western New York Labor Movement are remembering Doug Stock today as a “tough little guy” who headed the Dunkirk AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and “who knew what needed to be done.” Stock, 81, who was born and raised Staten Island, New York, passed away on Friday, April 19th at Buffalo more»

(ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK) - More Than 300 Health Care Workers employed at three Nursing Home Facilities owned by Living Legends Network across Western New York are scheduled to hold informational pickets on Wednesday (April 10th) over wages, benefits and Union Rights as their current one-year contract is set to expire on April 30th. Negotiations are set to more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, John Batson is the new Western Regional Director for the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), succeeding Steve Bailey. Batson, a 21-year Member of NYSNA who has worked as a Registered Nurse for the same period of time at the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) in Buffalo, tells WNYLaborToday.com more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced it will maintain business as usual at its William Street facility in Buffalo after a proposal that would have moved operations at the center to Rochester. The USPS said in a statement that after the finalization of a Mail Processing Facility Review, “There will be no changes more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) –Administrators representing Buffalo’s D’Youville University in contract negotiations with its Faculty Union - the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), have moved backward at the table, according to Leaders with the D’Youville Chapter AAUP. “We have made great progress in recent more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Thousands of Unionized Health Care Workers rallied across New York State on Friday (March 22nd) - including Buffalo, to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to adequately fund Medicaid, the Public Health Insurance Program that more than seven million low-income New Yorkers rely on. Rallies and marches were held in major cities across the more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - Workers at University of Rochester Medicine Home Care (URMHC) have followed a national and rising trend after voting in favor of Going Union. About 115 Professional Home Care Workers from the URMHC Unit voted to join 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, the largest Health Care Workers more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Western New York’s Labor Unions raised $74,809 over the weekend to benefit the annual, and televised, 62nd Variety Club Telethon, which raised a grand total of $1.04 million that directly supports Buffalo’s Oishei Children's Hospital and a host of other children's charities. “It was ‘another more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1 reports more than 2,500 complaints under several area hospitals’ clinical staffing plans have been filed with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) on behalf of Health Care Workers across the Catholic Health System in Buffalo. The new batch of staffing complaints comes more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1122 is currently in new contract negotiations with the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA), which serves home-bound patients across 10 area counties. WNYLaborToday.com is focusing a Labor Spotlight on this group of Health Caregivers, who don’t necessarily and more»

I was driving back to Buffalo from Alumni Weekend Festivities at my Alma Mater – St. Bonaventure University in Olean, on Sunday, February 18th when my mobile phone rang. It was William Mayer of Painters District 4, who had some very sad news. He told me that our mutual friend, Terri Legierski, the Political Director for Communications Workers of more»

Earlier this month, Investigative Post - a non-profit, non-partisan on-line news outlet based here in Buffalo, hosted an interesting panel discussion that featured United University Professions (UUP) Statewide President Fred Kowal (Pictured Above, On The Left/WNYLaborToday.com Photo) and Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation President (WNYALF) more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Representatives from the United Farm Workers (UFW) led a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo earlier this week in opposition to a grower lobby’s lawsuit intending to strip New York Farm Workers of their right to organize. Arguments in that lawsuit (New York State Vegetable Growers Association Inc. v. Hochul) were more»

(TOWN OF TONAWANDA, NEW YORK) – The Unionized Buffalo & Niagara County Building Construction and Trades Council held an informational rally outside a taxpayer-funded Town of Tonawanda Project on Wednesday (February 15th), which is receiving more than $17 million in taxpayer funds, but is only creating what is described as a “handful of more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: At 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East’s Buffalo Headquarters, a coalition of Labor Unions, Community Organizations, Hospital and Nursing Home Leaders and bi-partisan New York State Legislators came together late last week to kick off a major public awareness campaign to more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Employees of the non-profit Pride Center, an affiliate of EvergreenHealth, have announced their unanimous decision to Unionize and ask management for voluntary recognition. Workers say their decision to join with Workers United is a natural extension of the important work they do within Buffalo’s LGBTQ+ Community, and they add more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) –National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Robert Ringler issued an almost 60-page decision this week that found Starbucks in violation of Federal Labor Law in dozens of instances, including illegally terminating Employees Sam Amato, Tatiayna Gurskiy, Sariah Hakes, Cole Graziano, Victoria Conklin, Allegra more»

(MEDINA, NEW YORK) - More than 200 Hospital and Clinic Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East - who are employed at three Orleans Community Health sites in Medina, Albion and Batavia, have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year contract, the Union announced. The contract - which runs more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East-represented Nursing Home Workers who are employed at Williamsville Suburban near Buffalo and Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in Tonawanda will hold informational pickets this week after alleging the owners of two Safire Care facilities acted more»

WIVB-TV reports Workers at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum on Elmwood Avenue have voted to Unionize by a vote of 36-to-28. The Bargaining Unit includes Workers employed in the visitor experience associate department, facilities and food and beverage. The Art Gallery said it “respects the outcome of the election” and is “committed to more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Union Leadership from the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) were joined by Federal, State and Local Elected Officials to publicly begin their fight to preserve mail services in Buffalo after a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) proposal to move mail processing to Rochester, why more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, new District Director David Wasiura (on the left) and Assistant to the Director Stephen Finnigan (on the right) are now leading United Steelworkers (USW) District 4 into the future. Friends for 25 years, the two Union Leaders are aiming to grow USW Membership in order to make the lives of their Members more»

(MEDINA, NEW YORK) - 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East have filed two Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges against Orleans Community Health alleging management violated Labor Laws by bargaining in bad faith and engaging in direct dealing with Workers. 1199 SEIU and Orleans Community Health management have been more»

Shane Mercer at SafetyMag.com writes about Journalist Jim Morris, who’s been covering occupational health and safety for more than 40 years in the United States. His latest exposé explores the dark secrets behind Goodyear Tire and its Chemical Plant in Niagara Falls, New York. Morris says when he first began investigating cases of bladder more»

(MEDINA, NEW YORK) – More than 200 Hospital Workers in Western New York could hit the picket line in the not too distant future as Union Caregivers employed at Orleans Community Health’s Medina Memorial Hospital, Lake Plains Batavia Dialysis Clinic and Albion Healthcare Center voted to authorize an informational picket if no agreement can be more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 46 Members and Apprentices are once again, giving back to the Rochester Community. This time they are donating their skills to help restore old-time trolley cars that once ran on the City’s Rail System many, many years ago. (Photos From more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) in Buffalo has circulated a memo that announced it has uncovered what it describes as a “shameful plan” to silence the public regarding the movement of processing Buffalo mail to Rochester. This “despicable plan by upper-level Postal Management outside of Buffalo (will) more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - After more than a decade of advocacy by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Unionized Erie County Correctional Facility Unit Members are celebrating monumental changes to their pensions that will advance efforts to recruit and retain Workers. Working with Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Erie County Sheriff John more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Workers at the Buffalo Albright-Knox (AKG) Museum have filed a petition to Unionize with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Workers filed for Front of House Positions, including Visitor Experience, Facilities and Food and Beverage Employees. “We are organizing because we want to have a voice on the job, build a more»

(KENMORE, NEW YORK) - More than 75 Nursing Home Workers employed at Kenmore’s Schofield Residence have voted to ratify a 17-month contract with their employer, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Representatives announced. The new labor deal comes amid an increase in Worker unrest across the country and an uptick in Workers voting to more»

(WEST SENECA, NEW YORK) – I’ve known Bill Thompson for more than 20 years now and I certainly consider him a good friend of mine - and even though he’s gotten up there in years, and now lives in a West Seneca Assisted Living Center, I still keep in touch with him and make an effort to go visit him from time to time. And in light of what more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – Caregivers and Service Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East and SEIU Local 200 United participated in a 17-hour Strike and protest of Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s (URMC) Strong Memorial Hospital & University of more»

(FREDONIA, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, has come out strongly against a plan to discontinue 13 Degree Programs and Associated Faculty and Staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia to reduce a projected $17 million deficit - caused in large part by a severe lack of more»

I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine - Cindy Marlow (Pictured Above/WNYLaborToday.com Photo), who - to put it plainly at this point of her 69-year-old life, is trying to survive. For those in the Western New York Labor Movement, Cindy’s name is well known. As a long-time Member of the United Steelworkers (USW), Cindy has been the point more»

(FREDONIA, NEW YORK) - Members of United University Professions (UUP) - America’s largest Higher Education Union, gathered with students and allies for a silent march at State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia today (Tuesday, December 5th) to oppose anticipated program cuts at the campus. UUP Members also urged SUNY to fund the campus fairly more»

(KENMORE, NEW YORK) - Joined by Resident Family Members, Labor Organizations and Elected Officials, dozens of Unionized Nursing Home Workers hit the picket line in the Buffalo Suburb of Kenmore on Wednesday (November 29th) in the wind and cold to protest over the continuity of care, reliance on Agency Workers and a lack of competitive wages at one of more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 is benefiting from an influx of young Trustees who now sit on its Executive Board. WNYLaborToday.com recently sat down with Branch 3 Officials and those young Trustees to learn how this new blood is benefiting the Western New York Letter Carriers Union. Pictured more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Thousands of dollars in food and gift certificates, donated by Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) Members, have been distributed to hundreds of needy families throughout the Buffalo area through several charitable and non-profit groups in an effort to help “make sure those families enjoy a meal and to show love for our neighbors more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Representatives of the Rochester Building & Construction Trades Council were joined by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento at a rally that was held late last week outside the Fairlife Milk Processing Plant in Webster, where Union Leadership spoke out about out-of-town Workers being employed on the $650 more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Genesee Beer and its Union-represented Workforce, a new Union-Made Hazy IPA is now being offered with the hope it will not only fly off the shelves in the heavy Union Density Cities of Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse - but eventually become a permanent offering of New York State’s oldest more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Keyshawn Gault, a 22-year-old Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1186 Member who was employed by the City of Buffalo’s Sewer Authority, is being remembered as a sensitive young man who often put others before himself. Mourners attended Gault’s funeral over the weekend as news came from the CWA that donations can more»