(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»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Forty International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 330 (District 65) Members who are employed at Milk-Bone’s Buffalo Plant have returned to work after a new three-year deal was ratified - overwhelmingly, ending their two-week walkout. The Strike followed a failed offer by the company with sub-par wage increases, more»

(FREDONIA, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal and Statewide UUP Vice President for Academics Alissa Karl visited SUNY Fredonia to deliver that straightforward message to Members at the Western New York campus: UUP insists the State University of New York (SUNY) has funding to support cash-strapped campuses across the more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Your On-Line Labor Newspaper is republishing this Labor News Story that it originally published back on October 29th, 2015. In celebrating Halloween 2023, WNYLaborToday.com thought it was important to underscore and recognize - once again - what Actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi did to organize their fellow Actors more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – A Member of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1186 - an Employee of the Buffalo Sewer Authority, was fatally shot and two other CWA-represented/Sewer Authority Workers were wounded while driving a work vehicle on New York Interstate 190 in Buffalo. New York State Police said Keyshawn Gault, 22, was fatally shot. The more»

(TONAWANDA, NEW YORK) - Caregivers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East - who were hit hard by the COVID-19 Pandemic, have been working without employer promised bonuses since January 2023. But just as Workers were set to picket the embattled Safire Care of the Northtowns in Tonawanda, their more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council has announced its 2023 November Election Endorsements. Pictured above, bottom row, from left to right: Noelle Citarella - Niagara County Legislator, 3rd District; Bernadette Smith - Niagara County Legislator, 13th District; Robert Restaino - City of Niagara Falls more»

Isabel Soisson at Up North News Wisconsin reports on the Father-and-Son Union Team - Levar Wilson, Sr. and Levar Wilson, Jr., whose lives have been changed by Working Union. Levar Wilson, Sr. knows what a Union can provide. The 45-year-old Milwaukee resident has spent the past 22 years in the Skilled Trades, working his way up from being a paid Apprentice more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Allen Mort - Training Director at Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 46 in Rochester, proudly displays one of the many metal axle strips that are finished off by his Union’s Apprentices that are donated to a unique non-profit that constructs a mobile chair to provide more»

(DUNKIRK, NEW YORK) – Unionized Brooks Memorial Hospital Workers represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Community Allies, patients and Elected Officials rallied outside Brooks Memorial Hospital on Thursday (October 5th) to publicly call on New York State to release funds more»

Under sunny skies and very warm temperatures, the 2023 Western New York Construction Career Days Event was held at the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17’s sprawling 400-acre Training Center in Lakeview, just south of Buffalo, over a two-day period this week. More than 1,000 high school students from across the region were more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Faculty employed at Buffalo’s D’Youville University, who are represented by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), got a major boost Monday (October 2nd) when a high-profile D’Youville Alum - New York State Senator Tim Kennedy - joined Union Members during a noontime rally that took place in more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Sometimes it takes time to attain one’s goal. For Caitlin Caputo, a National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 Member here in Western New York, it took three tries, but she finally reached her goal of appearing in a United States Postal Service (USPS) commercial. In fact, and in the process, she realized a more»

(WOLCOTT, NEW YORK) – The United Farm Workers (UFW) is asking the General Public for its help when it comes to H-2A Temporary Foreign Workers who are employed at Wolcott’s Wafler Farms, alleging wage theft and management’s abuse of those Workers. On its website, the UFW said Wafler Farms’ Workforce is primarily made up of H-2A more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: For the second straight year, Organized Labor in Niagara County has gotten the United Way of Greater Niagara’s annual fundraising campaign off to a rousing start. With the United Way setting a goal of raising $1 million, the Labor Movement made check presentations totaling $49,000 at this morning’s more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: During the first week of October, a two-day Western New York Construction Career Days Event will be held at the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17’s sprawling 400-acre Training Facility in Lake View. An anticipated 1,200 high school students are expected to attend and be exposed to a more»

(LAHAINA, HAWAII) - “It’s like a war zone,” said Honolulu Local 1260 Business Manager Leroy Chincio, who also represents the Seventh District on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) International Executive Council. “We’ve dealt with hurricanes, lava, other natural disasters, but nothing of this magnitude, more»

Construction Coverage reports Buffalo-Cheektowaga, New York is the most Unionized City in America. Buffalo-Cheektowaga came in first with a Union Membership Rate of 23.5%, a Union Representation Rate of 25.8%; 108,420 Workers who are Members of Union; 119,015 Workers who are represented by Unions; and a total employment of 460,560. Construction Coverage more»

Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus has released the following statement: As the deadline for a potential Strike of The Big Three Automakers draws near, the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) and its 140 affiliated Unions - representing 145,000 Members across Western New York, more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: There’s been a change in leadership at several Labor Unions here in Western New York in recent months and this is the first of a series of Labor News Reports on those changes. Today, we focus in on International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17, where new President Josh Williams (on the left) and more»

WNYLaborToday.com was in attendance at the Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council's 2023 Labor Day Parade in South Buffalo on Monday (September 4th) and captured a host of photos of the event, some that can be seen below, and many others on WNYLaborToday.com's Facebook Page at: www.facebook.com/wnylt.

Labor Day is a reminder of the immense contributions made by Workers here in Western New York and nationwide. As we pause to celebrate this day, we must recognize the achievements of the Labor Movement and acknowledge the workforce's on-going struggles and aspirations. Since its inception, Labor Day has symbolized more than just a long weekend marking the more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – For the second year in a row, the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) is holding a major community event that expands the involvement of the Labor Movement in the communities where its Members work, live and raise their families. And, you might say, the WNYALF - backed by a bevy of sponsors (including the more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Collage pictured above, Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council President Denise Abbott congratulates Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1342 President Jeff Richardson on being chosen Grand Marshal of the 2023 Labor Council’s Annual Labor Day Parade during a ceremony held last week at the Buffalo Irish Center in South more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – If you looked at the informational picket that was held at Buffalo’s D’Youville University on Tuesday (August 22nd) by Faculty represented by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), you couldn’t help but notice the number of area Unions that joined their AAUP Brothers and Sisters on the picket more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Health Care Consultant/Taft-Hartley Specialist Joe Wild (Pictured Above and Below/WNYLaborToday.com Photos) talks about his career helping Labor Unions and Union Leadership better understand an array of health care plan options and what he hopes to accomplish here in Western New York now that he is more»

(ORISKANY, NEW YORK) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local One-represented Tops Supermarket Employees overwhelmingly ratified a new contract that impacts some 9,000 Members employed in Buffalo, Rochester, Mid State and Olean, Wellsville and in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Union Officials said. The new Tops contract raises wages for more»

WKYC.com reports Republic Steel has announced the company's Mexico-based owner will idle steelmaking operations at its mills in Canton, Ohio and in Lackawanna, New York, furloughing 500 Employees indefinitely - less than 200 from the Western New York Plant, with the rest in Canton. Operations are now moving to Mexico, the company said. "They want to run more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – By an overwhelming vote held Monday (August 7th) evening, Members of International Alliance of Theatrical Employee (IATSE) Local 10 overwhelmingly ratified a new and retroactive three-year agreement with Buffalo’s Shea’s Performing Arts Center that features an overall 12% wage increase, a first-time pension and no more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above (on the left), Troy Milne - who serves as Business Manager/Financial Secretary of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 46, and the Local’s Training Director Allen Mort were in Washington, D.C. late last week to receive an honor from the National Energy Management more»