(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – United Steelworkers (USW) Local Union 135L President Thomas O'Shei from Buffalo, New York testified today (Tuesday, May 9th) on behalf of his Union at the Congressional Committee on Ways and Means Field Hearing on Trade in America: Securing Supply Chains and Protecting the American Worker. The following is O’Shei’s more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council held its annual Workers Memorial observance on Saturday (May 6th) at Reservoir Park in Niagara Falls, during which two United Steelworkers (USW) District 4 Officials delivered powerful messages to Elected Leaders “to stand with Labor,” pass more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM) Local 36G President Anthony Barker holds a listing of the names of eight area Workers who were killed on the job during the past 12 months. The eight were honored during the Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Despite some Buffalo Teachers calling for a vote on a contract several weeks before it was tentatively agreed-to, Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) President Phil Rumore tells WNYLaborToday.com that Teachers would not have been the beneficiaries of retroactive pay and a reduction of wage steps had the Union done so. “We more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Budget negotiations are entering their fourth week past the April 1st deadline (which has once again been extended) and Health Care Workers across New York are continuing an unprecedented string of actions to focus attention to the State’s health care crisis that would further deteriorate if Medicaid isn’t funded adequately more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: A collage of photos taken by WNYLaborToday.com at SMART Local 71’s new Training Facility in the City of Buffalo where the International Union’s Region 1 Apprenticeship Competition was held late last week and into the weekend, drawing 40 participants from SMART Locals across New York State, Eastern more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, WKBW-TV/Channel 7 Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley (on the left), WNYLaborToday.com Editor-Publisher Tom Campbell (in the middle) and Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore (on the right) share memories of Rumore’s 41-year tenure as head of Buffalo’s Public School Teachers Union. more»

(TROY, NEW YORK) - After 35 years of hard work, the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy will officially open to the public this Summer. The grand opening ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 10th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the historic brick rowhouse where Mullany and her family lived, at 350 8th Street in Troy. “It will be a big day in more»

(THE SOUTHERN TIER OF WESTERN NEW YORK) - More than 200 Union-represented Nursing Home Workers employed at four rural facilities in the Southern Tier of Western New York have avoided a week-long Strike after reaching a new contract agreement, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East announced. In a near unanimous more»

Anthony Abrantes serves as the Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer for the Eastern Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters, which represents nearly 41,000 Union Carpenters from the States of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia and Washington, D.C. Abrantes recently authored a Labor Perspective that was more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) - Every year in late November or early December, media outlets in Western New York report on the installation of a huge ice boom at the head of the Niagara River. It’s for good reason - without the arch and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ (IBEW) Members who install it, the entire region could be in more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Around 300 Members of the Unionized Building Trades are in the midst of constructing the massive 500,000-square-foot, $518 million Great Lakes Cheese manufacturing and packaging plant in the Cattaraugus County Town of Franklinville, including 20 Members of International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17. more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – It didn’t matter that Evelyn Harris, who does not drive, had to take a 45-minute bus ride from Niagara Falls to Buffalo on Wednesday (April 5th) to personally speak at a news conference that was held at Oishei Children’s Hospital with a number of area Labor Leaders, Union Members, Hospital and Nursing Home more»

Tim Martin and Mike Wilson have something else in common besides being Members of a Labor Union - both recently and literally sprang into action to help their fellow Western New Yorkers in yet another example of Union Workers doing the right thing when the need arises. WNYLaborToday.com recently learned what Martin, a Member of National Association of more»

Ashley Capoot at CNBC reports Starbucks has fired Alexis Rizzo, their Employee responsible for igniting the Starbucks Workers United Unionizing Campaign, just days after the company’s former CEO Howard Schultz testified on Capitol Hill about the Coffee Chain’s alleged Union-Busting. Rizzo worked as a Shift Supervisor at Starbucks for seven more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at WKBW-TV/Channel 7 in Buffalo who are represented by the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET), a sector of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), voted this week to ratify a new four-year contract with the ABC-TV Network Affiliate, which is owned by E.W. Scripps Company. more»

(WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK) – Nursing Home Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East held an informational picket Friday (March 31) outside the Comprehensive Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in the Buffalo Suburb of Williamsville, who did so to call public attention to chronic short staffing at more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: The Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) held its 2023 Annual Meeting at United Auto Workers Region 9 Headquarters in the Buffalo Suburb of Williamsville over the weekend in a well-attended event that drew Labor Representatives from across the eight-county area. Those in attendance intently listened more»

(AMHERST, NEW YORK) – Unionized Buffalo Starbucks Workers employed at the Suburban Buffalo Sheridan and Bailey store went on Strike today (Wednesday, March 22nd), joining more than 100 stores nationwide to demand basic rights like livable wages with consistent scheduling, safe and respectful workplaces, and the right to organize free from fear and more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Earlier this morning (Tuesday, March 21st), 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East Members - still reeling from three years of the Coronavirus Pandemic, boarded buses in Buffalo, which will take them to Albany where as many as 15,000 Health Care Workers from across New York State will more»

Eric Lawrence at The Detroit Free Press reports United Auto Workers (UAW) Member Daniel Vicente - out of Local 644 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, bested Lauren Farrell by a vote of 4,347-to-4,025, making him the latest dissident to claim a seat on the UAW’s International Executive Board as part of the UAW’s first direct election of top leaders. more»

(LOCKPORT, NEW YORK) - We all know what Unions do that benefits their Memberships, both Active and Retired - from bargaining fair contracts that offer living wages and health benefits, as well as retirement packages, to filing grievances that solve on-the-job disagreements with management to making sure the workplace is safe so Workers are protected and more»

(LANCASTER, NEW YORK) – Organized Labor from across Western New York stepped up its generosity this year by donating $72,000 toward an overall $1 million-plus that was raised over the weekend during the locally-televised 61st annual Variety Club Kids Telethon. As of Sunday evening (March 5th) when the telethon ended, this year’s effort raised more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Health Care Workers and Representatives from 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East, Members of the New York State Senate and Assembly, as well as Officials from several Buffalo-area Health Care Providers - including Catholic Health, the McGuire Group, the Loretto Corporation and the Weinberg more»

(ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK) – The firing of a Union Advocate at the recently-Unionized Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center has drawn the ire of the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF), which has put out a call to its affiliated Member Unions to participate in a rally later this week in support of the Communications Workers of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The future of the Labor Movement may depend on gathering the next generation of Young Activists of Color as Unionists, but the move toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in everyday life is also one in keeping with the goals and ethics of United University Professions (UUP). Those two themes - the practical, broad approach to more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: After 40 years of service to Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1122, President John Mudie (on the left) has retired and handed off the reins of running the 1,500-Member Local to Tom Antonio, who’s been a Member for more than 25 years. WNYLaborToday.com recently sat down with Mudie, a former President more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Variety Club Kids Telethon Labor Chair Tony Vaccaro of Teamsters Local 264 (on the left) welcomes International Union of Painters & Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 4 Representative Bill Mayer as the 2023 Labor Co-Chair of the 61st Annual Variety Club Kids Telethon that traditionally raises $1 more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – As a guest of U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins, Western New York AFL-CIO (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus attended President Biden’s State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C. last week – which was believed to be the first time an area Labor Leader has ever been afforded that honor. “I was ‘blown more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Earlier this week, Workers at the Remedy House in Buffalo presented a list of demands to management and announced their intention to Unionize with Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board (RRJB). Management at the Remedy House – a coffee bar located in Buffalo's Five Points neighborhood, then immediately fired Meghan more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – More than 200 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East-represented Nursing Home Workers who are employed at four rural facilities across Western New York - the Salamanca Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the Dunkirk Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the Eden Rehabilitation and the Nursing Center more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Contract talks are set to resume between the Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) and the Buffalo School District after a just-released Fact Finder’s Report drew the ire of the Union, whose President, Phil Rumore, said: “It ‘wasn’t balanced.’” “We were ‘disappointed because - usually, more»

(JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at the New Flyer Bus Manufacturing Facility in Jamestown, N.Y., have Gone Union with International Union of Electricians (IUE)-Communications Workers of America (CWA), the CWA’s Manufacturing Division. The IUE-CWA now represents more than 50 Workers who make components for New Flyer buses, including more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Looking back, Western New York was devastated by a crippling blizzard in late December, paralyzing the community and taking the lives of more than 40 residents. The blizzard, deemed by New York State and local officials as a once-in-a-lifetime storm, included days of heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus has released the following statement regarding the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee and the video footage of his arrest released by the Memphis Police Department: The inhumanity and injustice our Nation saw perpetrated against Tyre Nichols is more»

An interesting Labor Perspective authored by Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner. Sneiderman directs the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and is a distinguished Professor at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations. She led the National AFL-CIO’s Department of Field Mobilization, where she launched the national Union more»

Max Nesterak at The Minnesota Reformer reports on International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 82 - which represents 3,500 Painters, Drywall Finishers and Glaziers across the Upper Midwest and Montana0 recently hired two full-time Mental Health Professionals to work at the Union’s Training Center in Little Canada, more»

Catherine Thorbecke at CNN reports Workers at Apple’s first Unionized Retail Store has begun collectively bargaining with management - a milestone moment not only for the iPhone Company but for all of Big Tech. Apple Store Workers in Towson, Maryland, who made history in June by voting to form the first Union at one of the Tech Giant’s U.S. more»

Press Associates Union News Service reports Starbucks Workers United will increase its efforts to enlist the Coffee Chain’s customers as allies in its nationwide Unionization Drive. It already did so with a Red Cup Rebellion in November. When the company rolled out its annual special holiday red cup, Workers at 117 Unionized or to-be-Unionized more»

(ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK) - When a member of the Buffalo Community who gives back by helping the homeless and providing inner-city kids with a chance to go to their first Buffalo Bills game needed help, the SMART Army quickly mobilized. SMART, which stands for Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, and some of its Members from Local 71 were made more»

(LEWISTON, NEW YORK) – A new 64-month contract involving two International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Locals in Lewiston and Massena, which combine to represent 560 Workers employed by the New York Power Authority (NYPA), has been ratified, Union Leaders tell WNYLaborToday.com. The contract, which is retroactive and runs until August more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Cindy Marlow simply never fails to amaze. Over the years, her efforts guiding the 50-Member United Steelworkers’ (USW) Women of Steel group here in Western New York has led to countless donation and fundraising campaigns that have helped those who are less fortunate - from distributing knitted scarves, hats and gloves on more»

(BUFFFALO, NEW YORK) – Sunday night (January 1st) a street-side memorial was held at the spot where Anndel Taylor, a 22-year-old Union Member represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), lost her life when the car she was driving became stuck in Buffalo’s deadly and blinding blizzard that occurred on Christmas Weekend. more»

Looking out one’s window in Buffalo today, you would have no idea that an historic and deadly blizzard that wreaked havoc on Western New York just a week or so ago was ever here at all. The 80 mph winds that whipped up a blinding snowstorm and created drifts of eight feet of more in some places, left hundreds stranded, left another 100,000 without more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-Represented Caregivers at Buffalo Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) were frustrated, so frustrated over a Nurse-to-Patient Ratio of 1-to-20 that they took their complaints directly to management - but this time they did something different, they videotaped their journey as they trekked to more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – Organized Labor doesn’t do it for the accolades - Unions and their Members do it because it’s a way to not only give back to the communities where they live, work and raise their families, but at this time of the year, as a way to provide a Christmas for a number of less fortunate area families and children who more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Lexington Co-Op Workers United have won their Union in a landslide election - 56-to-20, successfully Unionizing both the Elmwood and Hertel locations in Buffalo with the Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board. The Workers joined the same Union as Starbucks Workers United and Spot Coffee in Buffalo. The Lexington Co-Op Workers more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – A lot can happen in just 12 short months - and that’s entirety true when it comes to the young Workers who’ve taken on the Coffee Giant Starbucks, brewing a single and successful effort to Unionize one store in Buffalo that has percolated to Unionizing 270-plus stores and more than 7,000 Employees across the United more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, rallied Tuesday (December 6th) to highlight massive projected operating deficits at the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Buffalo State College and at SUNY Fredonia, which threaten the viability of Public Higher Education and the economic more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) Local 25 has announced its 50 Members employed at WKBW-TV/Channel 7 in Buffalo have reached a tentative, four-year agreement on a new contract that calls for an overall wage increase of 9.5%. The announcement comes on the more»