Ed Moltzen at The Long Island Business News reports New York’s move to let its State Public Sector Labor Board step in for a paralyzed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ignited a Constitutional fight that could redraw the boundaries of Labor Law authority in the United States. At issue is a law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in September more»

On the eve of their Strike deadline, Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs United-United Auto Workers (WCMPU-UAW) reached a tentative contract agreement with management, winning necessary guardrails around layoffs and a ratification bonus in the final session. The agreement includes new salary rates that will make Postdoc minimum salaries at Weill Cornell more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal - who heads the Nation's largest Higher Education Union and represents Faculty and Professional Staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Morrisville in rural Madison County, released the following statement after a shooting occurred on campus: “We are shocked and more»

(MINEOLA, NEW YORK) - More than 200 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Members and supporters recently took part in CSEA/Nassau County Local’s rally aimed against the Nassau County District Attorney’s unprecedented use of bots to perform case-input work. The State Employees Union, which represents Paralegals, Clerks and Support Staff, more»

NewsGuild of New York-represented Journalists employed at The New York Daily News, along with many of the City’s top Elected Officials, Labor Leaders and other supporters, rallied last week ahead of the City Council’s scheduled vote on its history-making Too Tough To Die resolution, urging Owner Alden Global Capital to reach a fair contract with more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers East (SEIU)-represented Hospital Workers employed at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital are celebrating a huge victory. More than a year ago, Workers noticed the Scheduling Incentive Program (SIP) contracted benefit was not included in their more»

(TROY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a $40 million investment in a new state-of-the-art Workforce Training Facility, the Applied Technology Education Center (ATEC) at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The 125,000-square-foot, $64 million facility is set to open in 2027 and will prepare New Yorkers for in-demand careers in Applied more»

(MASSENA, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a new power supply contract between the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Alcoa, a leading aluminum producer and one of the North Country’s largest employers. The contract includes a commitment of $30 million in capital investments and supports 500 jobs at Alcoa’s Massena Plant for the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On Thursday (October 23rd), New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses in New York City continued a week of action at several hospitals. Amidst looming Federal health care cuts, Nurses and allies gathered across the City to demand hospitals protect health care and invest in patient care, rather than executive pay. more»

(NEWBURGH, NEW YORK) - At Newburgh Free Academy, students aren’t just learning a trade - they’re preparing to take on leadership positions in the working world. The high school’s Career Pathway program allows students to discover their own talents and skills and then explore career opportunities that might be suited to those abilities. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – While Actors’ Equity, a Union that represents more than 51,000 Actors and Stage Managers, has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Broadway League - the Trade Association that represents theater owners, producers and operators, the Broadway League still must reach a contract agreement with American Federation of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal is standing with New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who was recently indicted on a Federal bank fraud charge - less than a month after the sitting U.S. President publicly pressured U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political enemies. UUP President Fred more»

(EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK) - Under the leadership of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Mary E. Sullivan, CSEA’s Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) Unit recently became its own Union Local. The decision to transform the Unit into a Local was viewed as a logical move because the hospital became a Public Benefit Corporation in more»

Ryan Zunner at Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports the 2021 Starbucks Unionization effort in Buffalo that led to a nationwide effort at more than 650 stores is getting the Silver Screen treatment. Baristas vs. Billionaires premiered at the Buffalo International Film Festival on Friday (October 10th). The successful Union vote in December of 2021 was a more»

(WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORK) - Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering Workers employed at an Upstate Apple Farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led Workers at Wafler Farms in Wayne County to publicize their frustrations at having to work according to the company’s terms more»

(HAVERSTRAW, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library in Rockland County are now the most recent addition of Cultural Workers who have joined Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). The workers previously had an independent Staff Association but opted to strengthen their voice by joining CSEA, the Union more»

After 10 weeks on Strike, United Auto Workers-Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (UAW-ALAA) Local 2325-represented Members employed at the Goddard Riverside Law Project in New York City have won a tentative contract agreement that will last through June 30th, 2026 - if ratified by Union Membership. More than 400 Legal Aid Workers went out on more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal - who heads the Nation's largest Higher Education Union, with more than 42,000 Academic and Professional Faculty and Retirees, has released the following statement regarding the recent and all-too-real threats to freedom of speech and academic freedom: “UUP condemns in the more»

The Amazon Labor Union/International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 1 is denouncing Amazon’s misleading announcement of a $1 billion “investment” in Fulfillment Center and Transportation Employees. The Union says the move is a carefully crafted Public Relations (PR) Campaign designed to distract from the company’s ongoing more»

New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses who are employed at St Anthony’s Community Hospital in Warwick have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract that includes immediate wage increases - up to 29% over the life of the contract. The agreement also features increases in education differential, a certification bonuses and a new more»

Union Leadership and Members of the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) Local 9009 gathered outside the New York City Google Offices on Washington Street last week to speak out against the Trump administration’s recent H-1B proclamation - and to call on Google to use its immense power and platform to stand up for its more»

Natalie Kucko at WROC-TV reports Rochester Police are investigating a string of robberies against Mail Carriers. In the last few weeks, Police have reported five incidents involving assault and theft toward United States Postal Service (USPS) Workers. Currently, there are no suspects in custody and Police have not identified a possible connection to any of more»

(TROY, NEW YORK) - Women are transforming the Labor Movement, but as the New York State AFL-CIO Women’s Committee learned at its annual meeting, that’s always been the case. Women’s Committee Members met at the New York State United Teachers’ (NYSUT) Latham Headquarters in September before taking a pilgrimage to Troy to tour the more»

Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports Amazon has sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to block it from enforcing a new law the On-Line Retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate Private Sector Labor Relations. In a complaint filed in Federal Court in Brooklyn, Amazon accused New York of engineering an "unconstitutional more»

Johan Sheridan at The Hill reports The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a lawsuit against New York State and its Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in Federal Court, accusing the State of passing an illegal new State Law to regulate Private Sector Labor Relations that are already under Federal authority. The lawsuit claims the new law, more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - A dozen Health Care Workers from area hospitals, nursing homes, and home care have completed the first annual Bruce Popper Union Leadership Program - a two-day workshop created to further develop emerging Leaders of the Rochester Labor Movement. The workshop honors the legacy of 1199 Service Employees International Union’s more»

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) - Onondaga County New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have ratified a new contract that includes: Across-the-board wage increases; New shift, education, weekend and charge differentials; and New holiday, floating holiday, vacation and sick-time language, Union Officials announced. Next, the contract goes to the more»

Claudia Irizarry Aponte at The City reports management at a Bronx Pharmaceutical Plant whose Teamster-represented Employees have been on Strike since September 2nd has announced it is hiring replacement Workers “on a permanent basis,” according to a written notice posted near Striking Employees on the picket line, THE CITY has learned. More than more»

Workers employed at New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) - a New York City-based Non-Profit Arts Service Organization with a national and global reach, are moving to Unionize for the first time in NYFA’s 50-plus-year history with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110. Staff Members cite a lack of transparency and structure for career advancement, as more»

(GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK) — A multi-month effort by Town of Guilderland Highway Workers to organize a Union with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is complete following a vote by the Guilderland Town Board to voluntarily recognize CSEA as the Workers’ exclusive Bargaining Representative. The group, which comprises 40 Operators, more»

David Winzelberg at the Long Island Business News reports a group of Labor Leaders, Construction Workers and Elected Officials are extending their campaign to urge passage of a Bill requiring Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) in public school construction projects. The event was aimed at condemning corruption in construction projects at Merrick School more»

Grant Ashley at Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports New York State’s Labor Board will have wider powers to intervene in labor disputes thanks to a new Bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul signed over the weekend. It allows the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to intervene in Private Sector labor disputes if the National more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – About three-quarters of New York City’s Municipal Workforce, pre-Medicare Retirees and their dependents will have expanded access to Doctors and other Clinicians, according to a tentative, cost-saving agreement the City and Union Officials have reached with two major insurance firms. The plan, jointly run by EmblemHealth and more»

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is expressing major concerns over a State University of New York (SUNY) austerity plan for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse - a plan that if fully implemented would result in course reductions, funding cuts more»

Organized Labor has taken center stage in the 2020s, with Workers leading successful organizing drives at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and across a range of industries from health care to higher education. Public approval of Unions has reached its highest level in decades, and a new generation of Workers is stepping forward as leaders in the movement. The City more»

Workers employed at the International Rescue Committee and represented by IRC Workers Unite-Office and Professional Employees International Union (IRC-OPEIU) were joined by Members of OPEIU Local 153 last week during a rally that was held outside the organization’s U.S. Headquarters in New York City as part of a three-day marathon bargaining session. more»

Maddie Evans at the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) reports on back-to-school season: In classrooms across the country, students will learn everything from math to music to health to personal finance, but how do young people learn about Unions and collective power? Some kids learn about Workers’ Rights because more»

Union Leaders and Members turned out in large numbers earlier this week for the March on Wall Street, joining the National Action Network, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders, the Reverend Al Sharpton and other activists to demand economic and labor justice. Taking place on the anniversary of Dr. more»

(ONEIDA, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Oneida Health Hospital have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract that includes wage increases and incentives to help recruit and retain Nurses, as well as no concessions on benefits. After months of fighting for a fair contract, the Unionized more»

Eric Blanc is Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, an Organizer Trainer in the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, Author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics, and Director of the Worker-to-Worker Collaborative. His new book: We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing more»

Nicole Formisano at The Long Island Press reports a Bronx-based contractor has been charged with defrauding the Uniondale School District of millions of dollars. Now, Long Island Labor Unions are pushing a new law to prevent future school district fraud. Outraged Union Leaders and Elected Officials gathered in front of the School District Headquarters to more»

Professional Staff Congress (PSC) President James Davis has sent a letter to City University of New York (CUNY) Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez demanding on-time pay for Adjuncts ahead of the Fall Semester. It read, in part: “I send a similar letter each year, but the problems have persisted. You have the power and obligation to address these more»

Dave Lucas at WAMC Northeast Public Radio reports with Ellis Medicine set to initiate cuts at the Bellevue Woman’s Center, advocates worry about the state of maternal health care in the Capital Region. Members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) held a town hall to discuss their concerns and are up in arms over Ellis Medicine’s more»

Last week, 500 Columbia University Support Staff and Clerical Workers - Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110, gathered to picket at the University's gate on Broadway in Manhattan, joining 250 Workers in Dining, Medical and Library Services who are Members of 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East. With more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is mourning the loss of former CSEA President Danny Donohue, a towering figure in the Labor Movement, a fearless advocate for Working People and a beloved friend to so many people. Donohue, who led CSEA for more than 25 years and served the Union for over four decades, passed away at more»

Ben Crnic Dozens at The Daily Voice reports more than 50 Unionized Front-Line Care Providers and Support Staff employed at Rockland Pulmonary walked off the job on Tuesday (August 12th) to demand fair pay, improved benefits and an end to what they call “Worker intimidation” by management. The one-day Strike, organized by 1199 Service Employees more»

(PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has been fiercely advocating for legislative changes that would help Caseworkers stay safer when they’re working in our communities, especially in light of last year’s murder of CSEA Westchester County Unit Member Maria Coto. Coto, a Senior Social Caseworker in the more»

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and the REI Co-Op have announced progress on several key topics, including an agreement to establish a national bargaining structure to inform store-level Collective Bargaining Agreements for the 11 Unionized REI stores. “We want what’s best more»

In a powerful show of solidarity, the Democratic New York State Delegation representing Monroe County has pledged to boycott any one-on-one interviews with WROC-TV until its parent company, Nexstar Media Group, bargains in good faith with the National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA). more»

H. Rose Schneider at The Albany Times Union reports the Albany Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, ending more than a year of negotiations - should Members vote to ratify it. The contract would more swiftly enforce staffing ratios than current New York State more»