(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Unit 6700 has reached a tentative contract agreement with Erie County. CSEA Unit 67’s Membership will vote on the agreement later this month. “CSEA feels that we reached a mutually beneficial agreement that provides its Members with an improved work environment,” CSEA more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – As 1199 Service Employee International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East-represented Nursing Home Workers across Western New York continue their fight for fair contracts at 12 area for-profit nursing homes, more than 1,200 local Caregivers joined a nationwide day of action that took place in more than a dozen states more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, a multitude of scenes from last week’s Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF)-organized Unity Rally that was held outside the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Casino on Buffalo’s East Side after the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and in Valde, Texas. A number of speakers addressed the hundreds more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Nursing Home Workers who are employed at 12 Nursing Homes across Western New York told their personal stories to elected officials on Friday (June 3rd) in their fight for fair contracts and living wages. Afterward, the Unionized Nursing Home Workers announced a joint more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The nearly 30 Workers employed at PUSH Buffalo united to Unionize with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1122 because of a lack of stability and transparency within their non-profit workplace, as well as wanting “a voice on the job,” according to CWA Local 1122 Representatives. “The Workers at PUSH more»

After years of declining influence, Unions are having a resurgence. Employees from companies across the country are increasingly organizing as a means of asking for more benefits, pay and safety from their employers. Between October 2021 and March of this year, Union Representation Petitions filed at the NLRB increased 57% from the same period a year ago, more»

(LOCKPORT, NEW YORK) - Nursing Home Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East in Western New York are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood Nursing Facilities in Erie and Niagara Counties. On Wednesday (May 25th), more than 50 Nursing Home Workers employed more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local One President Frank DeRiso being interviewed by a Syracuse, New York TV Station about the racist shootings that occurred at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo earlier this month. (CNYCentral.com Screenshot) At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 14th - Frank more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153-represented Members who are employed at Highmark/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (BCBSWNY) have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract that features a 6% wage increase over the life of the deal and a Remote/Work-From-Home Option that was more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Representatives and Members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2104 - who were joined by Representatives of IBEW Local 237, held a prayer vigil in Niagara Falls late last week to honor those killed and injured by a racist gunman at a Tops Supermarket on Buffalo’s East more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local One, which represents Employees who survived the racist massacre at Tops Supermarket on Buffalo’s East Side, is stepping up to help support them. “We are deeply saddened and outraged by the ruthless killings at the Tops Store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo. This more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The Public Employees Federation (PEF) posted on its website today (Wednesday, May 18th) that it is “devastated” to learn that the 18-year-old shooter who is charged with murdering 10 people at an East Side Buffalo Supermarket over the weekend is the son of two PEF Members, including one who sits on the Statewide more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – More and more Unions are speaking out against the racist grocery store shooting spree in Buffalo over the weekend that left 10 dead and three injured in a predominately-Black neighborhood, as President Joe Biden travels to Buffalo today (Tuesday, May 17th) to offer his sympathies to the grieving families and pledge to “do more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has reached out to the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) in the wake of what authorities said was a racist shooting that occurred at an predominately Black East Side Supermarket on Saturday (May 14th), telling WNYALF President Peter DeJesus that Organized Labor in more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, a collage of photos showing 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-United Healthcare Workers East-represented Caregivers, who are employed at the Elderwood Nursing Home in the Buffalo Suburb of Williamsville, as they conducted an informational picket on Thursday (May 12th). The more than 70 more»

(ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK) – This Saturday (May 14th), the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)-led Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - the Nation’s largest one-day campaign to collect food for distribution to needy families, is back for the 30th time. The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - which returns this year after a two-year hiatus because more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council held its 31st Annual Workers’ Memorial Observation over the weekend in Reservoir Park in Niagara Falls to honor those who’ve died on the job and to recognize and fight for those Workers who’ve been injured or are battling the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Unions aren’t just good for their Members and their paychecks - they’re also good for communities as a whole, and even for Democracy itself. “Unions promote economic equality and build Worker Power, helping Workers to win increases in pay, better more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - The Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) - whose affiliated Member Unions combine to represent more than 140,000 Unionized Workers in the Public and Private Sectors, as well as in the Building Trades, says the recently-adopted New York State Budget “provides needed dollars for an entire list of social and more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Under the theme Reconnecting The Movement, Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus, Jr. made a conscious effort to diversify those who addressed the more than 100 Central Labor Council Presidents, Union Leaders and Representatives, and Friends of Labor who were in attendance at more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council President Denise Abbott addresses area Labor Representatives, Elected Officials and Friends of Labor at the 2022 Workers’ Memorial Event that was held on Thursday (April 28th) at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, just South of Buffalo. (WNYLaborToday.com more»

(AMHERST, NEW YORK) - Adoption STAR Employees are asking for the public’s support as they pursue a Union Election in order to gain a seat at the table and negotiate wages, conditions, and policies in their workplace, the Workers said. The Workers are seeking representation from Buffalo-headquartered Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above (Photo Screenshot Courtesy of WIVB-TV), Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) President Phil Rumore addresses City Public School Teachers who gathered to protest last week before a Buffalo Board of Education meeting, where they publicly registered their anger over what Rumore describes as “insulting more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Described as “historic and life-changing” Members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1342 have ratified a new three-year contract with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) that features retro pay, raises in each year of the agreement, an equity adjustment and a $1,750 bonus. Local 1342 more»

(ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK) – It was indeed strange to scan through a press release from Governor Kathy Hochul on the agreement that had been reached between New York State, Erie County and the National Football League’s (NFL) Buffalo Bills for a new $1.4 billion stadium in Orchard Park - which was heralded as the largest construction project in more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Under the theme Reconnecting The Movement, Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus, Jr. made a conscious effort to diversify those who addressed the more than 100 Central Labor Council Presidents, Union Leaders and Representatives, and Friends of Labor who were in attendance at more»

Here’s a feel-good story for feel-bad times. Ordinary Working Stiff gets fired by Amazon in Staten Island, New York. He and his pal, his “co-star” on their “underdog journey” - journalists’ terms - set up “two chairs in a tent” and decide to create a Union there - which has failed everywhere else - except more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has counted the ballots for Starbucks’ Brighton, Monroe and Clover and Mount Hope stores in Rochester and the Delaware Avenue-Chippewa store in Downtown Buffalo - with all three Going Union after the votes were tallied. In fact, the Delaware-Chippewa store won their Union in a more»

(CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK) - For David Corrao (photo submitted by Civil Service Employees Association Erie County Unit Member Cari Hurley, Corrao’s girlfriend), a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented Caseworker at the Erie County Children’s Services, the job is about more than just protecting the children in his caseload. more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council President Jim Briggs (on the left) presided over the Labor Council’s recently-held Education Session - How To Assist Your Members Through The Worker’s Compensation System. “‘We need honest, Worker-friendly people so you can get more»

(LEWISTON, NEW YORK) - More than 150 Nursing Home Workers who are employed at Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston are celebrating a huge victory over a subsidiary of the Nation’s largest Catholic Health System. The Niagara County Health Caregivers, who are represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United more»

(DEPEW, NEW YORK) – Starbucks Partners picketed outside a Starbucks location in Suburban Buffalo on Saturday (April 2nd) to protest the company’s firing of a Co-Worker, who happens to be one of the leaders who started the Unionizing effort here in Western New York that has spread across the U.S. to nearly 200 stores. The Union - Starbucks more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Wage and Hour Division has recovered $106,623 in back wages and liquidated damages for 37 Cashiers and Cooks employed at three Pita Gourmet locations in Erie and Niagara Counties after its investigation found the operator paid some Employees cash off the books, paid straight time for more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Under the theme Reconnecting The Movement, Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus, Jr. made a conscious effort to diversify those who addressed the more than 100 Central Labor Council Presidents, Union Leaders and Representatives, and Friends of Labor in attendance at the more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Under the theme Reconnecting The Movement, Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus, Jr. made a conscious effort to diversify those who addressed the more than 100 Central Labor Council Presidents, Union Leaders and Representatives, and Friends of Labor who were in attendance at more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - The Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) is calling the violence that is occurring in and around schools “a National Crisis” that requires Presidential and Congressional intervention. “Violence, anger and disruptive behaviors are infecting our students/children, leading to violence in and around our schools,” BTF more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Home Care Workers were joined by Public Advocates, Clergy and Elected Officials during a march and rally in Buffalo on Wednesday (March 23rd), to collectively call on Governor Kathy Hochul to provide those Workers with a permanent pay increase in the State Budget. Those who more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, when he’s not involved in any of a multitude of Labor-related situations that occur daily in his life, Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Peter DeJesus, Jr. (wearing a mask with his arms outstretched) can be found on the bench - or jumping up from it to make a point more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, as Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 and 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East embark on negotiations for a new contract at Buffalo’s Kaleida Health System, Union Solidarity abounds. During a news conference held at 1199 SEIU’s Downtown more»

(EDMUNDSON, MISSOURI) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Health Care Workers from Lewiston, New York rallied earlier this week outside Ascension Living’s Headquarters to bring their protest right to their employer over what they describe are unfair wages and a lack of staffing. The Workers are employed at Our Lady more»

(DUNKIRK, NEW YORK) - About 150 Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East who are employed at Brooks Memorial Hospital/TLC Health Systems in Dunkirk have overwhelmingly approved a one-year contract that includes a wage re-opener and an increase in pension contributions. Highlights of the more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Photographs of the Buffalo and Niagara County Building and Construction Trades Council’s annual Hockey Tournament that benefited the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) of Upstate New York, which appear with this Labor News Report, are courtesy of Carpenters Local 276 via the Social Network Facebook. more»

(ALDEN, NEW YORK) – Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western New York Developmental Disabilities Service Organization (DDSO) Local Members are being honored for their quick actions in saving individuals’ lives after a fire broke out at a New York State Office For People With Developmental Disabilities Residential Facility just outside more»

(LEWISTON, NEW YORK) – Mostly every one of the 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Nursing Home Workers at Ascension Living’s Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home in Lewiston/Niagara County participated in a one-day Strike that was held on Wednesday (March 9th) to demand competitive wages and better Staffing levels. The 150 more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Western New York Labor Unions and their Members contributed more than $50,000 to the 60th Annual Variety Club Kids Telethon that was held over the weekend. During a scheduled Labor Hour on Sunday, Variety Club Kids Telethon Labor Chair and Teamsters Local 264 Representative Tony Vaccaro (holding a more»

(LEWISTON, NEW YORK) - More than 150 Nursing Home Workers – who are represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East at Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston will Strike in a battle with management for competitive wages and better staffing levels on Wednesday (March 9th). Negotiations between more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - It’s a long-time tradition and it will be happening again this weekend as the area’s Labor Unions and their Members make their donations to the 60th Annual Variety Club Kids Telethon, which goes to benefit Buffalo’s Oishei Children’s Hospital. The telethon will take place at Variety Club Headquarters at 6114 more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, United University Professions (UUP) Statewide President Fred Kowal visited Buffalo on Tuesday (March 1st) to headline a rally that drew a number of Western New York Union Leaders, Elected Officials and Higher Education Advocates, all who joined together to call on Governor Kathy Hochul and the State more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses Crystal Knibinicki (on the left) and Lona DeNisco take a moment to model a red t-shirt with the words: We Can Only Move As Fast As We Can Move, printed on the front. The Union Care Givers, along with hundreds of other NYSNA Members employed more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – New York State Elected Leaders joined with area Faith Leaders and 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Home Care Workers last week to publicly urge State Lawmakers to provide fair wages for Home Care Workers. The call comes as New York currently faces the worst Home Care Workers shortage in the Nation, more»