Governor Kathy Hochul rallied with the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council (HGTC) to announce New York State has paid off the nearly $7 billion Federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund loan - a move that will bring the fund to solvency, increase benefits for unemployed New Yorkers and cut costs to businesses. The Governor announced this action back in May more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - In a display of dedication going beyond the classroom, K-through-12 Educators from Local Unions affiliated with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) have raised more than $2 million to help make higher education more accessible for their students. “These Educators are sending a powerful message to their students: We believe in more»

United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 150 has announced on Social Media that its Negotiating Committee and representatives from Tops Friendly Markets have reached a tentative contract agreement, which the UFCW said ensures solidified retirement contributions, improved health care benefits and guaranteed wage increases that Local 1500 Members more»

July Rock at New York Focus reports that according to records obtained by her publication - in the past year, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has urged at least three Private Equity Firms responsible for investing billions of State pension dollars to stop Anti-Union activities among their portfolio companies. Last Spring, DiNapoli - the steward more»

The Labor Movement improves lives for all kinds of Workers and the two largest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Elections of the month of May were at two very different workplaces: The School of Visual Arts in New York City and Dold Foods in Wichita, Kansas. In Jacobin’s monthly roundup of Large Unit Labor Elections, Benjamin Y. Fong from the more»

(CORNING, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East has reached a tentative, three-year contract with the Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare – which came as Caregivers were ready to hit the picket lines to fight for improved staffing levels, quality health insurance and competitive wages. more»

Elias Schisgall at Bloomberg Law reports a novel New York Bill allowing the State to oversee private Union disputes while the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lacks a quorum heralds legal battles over a decades-old doctrine that reserves labor relations authority to the Federal Government. New York Lawmakers have backed an increasingly popular argument more»

Communications Workers of America/Graduate Student Employees Union, Local 1104 (CWA-GSEU) has ratified a new three-year contract with New York State. The pact, which runs until July 1st, 2026, won the overwhelming approval of Union Members who cast ballots. CWA/GSEU represents more than 4,500 Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants who are pursuing more»

The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) picketed Huntington Hospital as they seek a new contract that they say would improve conditions for patients and Nurses. Picketers carried signs that read: More Nurses, Less Millionaire Execs and Safe Staff Saves Lives. Supporters of the Huntington Hospital Nurses joined the picketing from hospitals around the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Union-represented Health Care Workers from the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Communication Workers of America (CWA) - whose Members work throughout NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Health System, held a speak out earlier this week against NYP’s recent cuts to more»

(HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK) – Earlier this week, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Northwell Health/Huntington Hospital spoke out about safe staffing and their fight for a fair contract. The Nurses, who officially joined NYSNA in November 2024, have been negotiating with Northwell Health management for a fair more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - After a lengthy investigation, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has issued a record $375,000 in fines to Albany Medical Center for failing to safely staff the Hospital. This is the largest fine issued to a hospital for breaking the State Staffing Law to date that the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is aware more»

UUP Editor’s Note: On June 6th, Federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents arrested David Huerta, the President of Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) and SEIU California, during protests over an ICE immigration raid in Downtown Los Angeles. Huerta was roughly pushed to the ground by Agents more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – A Community Advisory Board is recommending New York State invest nearly $1 billion to modernize Brooklyn’s State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Hospital, expand its Emergency Department and build a new Ambulatory Surgery Center on the campus, rather than closing the Medical Center as originally planned, The more»

Daniel Parra of CityLimits reports advocates are saying New York State’s latest $254 billion budget is a mixed bag for Blue Collar New Yorkers. The budget included several measures to address the State’s poverty and affordability crises - like increased tax credits for families and the creation of the first Statewide Housing Voucher Program for more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Members recently joined other Health Care Workers from across the Capital Region - including Nurses, Medical Researchers and Direct Care Workers, for a forum to share their personal stories and voice growing concerns over the Trump Administration’s health care policies and proposed more»

Carmen De La Rosa is a New York City Council Member who represents Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill. She is also the Chair of the Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor. De La Rosa penned an interesting Labor Perspective that recently was published in City & State New York that involves the EmPIRE Act. It read, in part: We are working more»

In May, 292 Research Assistants employed at the State University of New York (SUNY)-Binghamton’s Research Foundation won their Union Election by a landslide and are joining Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1104 - which represents 4,700 Graduate Student Workers and 1,062 Research Assistants at SUNY campuses. The majority of these Workers more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East-represented Professional and Clinical Workers employed at the University of Rochester Medicine Homecare have voted to ratify their first three-year union contract, an agreement that comes after more than a year of negotiations. The successful vote also more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) has signed on as an official mobilization partner for the nationwide No Kings Day of Defiance on June 14th - the same day as President Donald Trump’s very big, very expensive birthday/military parade in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of No Kings rallies and protests are already scheduled in more»

Andrew Donovan at WWTI/NewsChannel 9 in Watertown reports Syracuse and New York State Leaders say eBay’s decision to shut down TCGplayer’s local operations appears to be retaliation for the Workers’ efforts to Unionize. Before his election to the State Senate, Chris Ryan served as President of Communication Workers of America Local 1123 more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) issued the following statement after voters across the State turned out earlier this week to approve School Budgets and elect School Board Members: According to NYSUT’s initial analysis of the results, 97% of School Budgets passed and 89% of NYSUT’s endorsed candidates were more»

(PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses and Health Care Professionals employed at the University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center (CVPH) held a speak-out on Tuesday (May 20th) to demand safe staffing for quality patient care at their Community Hospital. In April, more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Education Leaders, New York State Lawmakers, parents and students gathered Tuesday (May 20th) at the New York State Capitol to highlight the power of unstructured play and promote legislation aimed at making recess a daily priority in schools. The event centered on a Bill sponsored by State Senator James Skoufis that calls for a more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is welcoming Nazareth United Professionals following a successful Union Election that added more than 140 dedicated Professionals at Nazareth University in Rochester to the NYSUT Family. The effort began more than six months ago as Workers faced increasingly high turnover, the erosion of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - It’s not easy to surprise United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal. Since being elected UUP President in 2013, Kowal has dealt with everything from threats to Organized Labor and education at the national level to advocating for State funding for the State University of New York (SUNY), fighting with SUNY to save more»

Westbury-headquartered United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500 has reached a tentative contract agreement with Stop & Shop. After weeks of hard negotiations, an agreement was reached that ensures solidified retirement contributions, improved health care benefits and guaranteed wage increases that Local 1500 Members will be proud of, the more»

Francesco DeLuca, Matthew Gizzo and Robert Tucker of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. report New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature have finally completed this year’s budget negotiations and enacted legislation as part of the 2025-2026 State Budget, which includes significant amendments to New York’s Labor Law more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - Professional and Clinical Workers represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (Union) Healthcare Workers East at the University of Rochester Medicine Home Care (URMHC) have reached a three-year Tentative Agreement with their employer, Union Officials announced. After more than a year of often contentious negotiations, more»

(CORNING, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Caregivers employed at Guthrie Corning Hospital in Steuben County have ratified a new three-year contract, which covers more than 450 Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Service and Maintenance Workers, Clerical Workers and Technicians. The new agreement comes as more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), America’s largest Higher Education Union, thanked Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature for additional funding for the State University of New York (SUNY) and SUNY’s Public Teaching Hospitals in Syracuse and Brooklyn in the approved State Budget. The 2025-2026 State more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A coalition of New York State Legislators representing the Capital Region - including Assemblymember Gabriella Romero, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, Assemblymember Phil Steck and Assemblyman Scott Bendett, have penned a letter to the State Department of Health (NYSDOH) calling for greater accountability at Albany Medical Center more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – As Strike Authorization votes conclude this week at more than 20 long-term care facilities across Western New York, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the owner and operator of Absolut Care of Aurora Park and Absolut Care of Allegany - alleging they are more»

Howard B. Owens at The Batavian reports the United Farm Workers (UFW) Union and protesters came with signs and bullhorns to the Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Facility in Batavia/Genesee County in a hastily organized demonstration to raise their voices against ICE. The protest was called, said Gabrilla Szpunt - an Organization more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has released its annual Construction Fatality Report, revealing a significant increase in Worker deaths across New York State and continued racial disparities in workplace fatalities. The report found that in New York City, the Worker Fatality Rate increased slightly from more»

On Thursday (May 1st), International Workers’ Day, Working People around the globe took action to stand up to the billionaires who are threatening our rights and freedoms. Here at home, MAGA/Republican President Donald Trump and Billionaire Elon Musk have slashed thousands of Union jobs, ripped up Union contracts, illegally targeted Workers from more»

(SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK) — After a hard-fought, public pressure Organizing Campaign, 32 Workers from the Town of Seneca Falls have won voluntary Union recognition from the Town Board. The Workers will now be represented by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). This Union victory was due in part to a record-breaking number of CSEA’s more»

(GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK) - Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at Nathan Littauer Hospital held an informational picket late last week (on Thursday, April 24th) to demand management return to the bargaining table and settle a fair contract with Safe Staffing Standards and a real plan to recruit and retain Nurses for safe more»

Unsafe staffing levels in New York’s Hospitals undermine the quality of care patients receive. All New Yorkers - from patients, community members, Health Care Workers and their Unions to Legislators and regulators - have a stake in ensuring the laws and regulations meant to protect patient safety are working well. New York took a major step forward more»

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, held an Earth Day celebration in Syracuse to defend the ground-breaking scientific and environmental research taking place at State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry - and reject the new more»

WHAM in Rochester reports on the turbulent labor times that are continuing at the University of Rochester where Graduate Workers started their indefinite Strike on Monday (April 21st), claiming the school has refused to allow a fair process for them to vote on forming a Union. “These bad faith actors are scared to even look us in the eye and tell us more»

Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 rallied outside the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to protest the abrupt layoffs of 20 Staffers, including 14 Union Members, without prior notice or Union representation. The museum's decision, which marks its third round of layoffs in five years, violates Members' contract and represents a refusal to bargain in more»

This week the Trump Administration ordered an immediate halt to construction on Empire Wind 1 - the fully funded, fully permitted 810-megawatt Offshore Wind Farm that was expected to power 500,000 New York homes by 2027. The project, which began construction last year, was already employing hundreds of New Yorkers including more than 1,000 Union jobs. more»

After 58 days, the Alamo Drafthouse Strike is over after a new contract was reached. All Unionized Workers previously laid off at the Sony-owned theater chain's Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn locations will be reinstated, according to United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2179. The Union reached a deal with management over layoffs that the UAW had claimed more»

WHAM 13 ABC reports Graduate Workers at the University of Rochester held an informational picket on Tuesday (April 15th) to call attention to next week's Strike. They say the Strike is due to the University's refusal to allow a fair Union Election process for the Graduate Workers. The Strike will begin on Monday (April 21st). The group is looking to form a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unions, Labor Advocate Groups and Community Organizations have sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul calling on New York State to increase funding at the Department of Labor in anticipation of Federal cuts that could threaten Workforce Development and Job Training Programs. A 19-member Coalition of Unions and Advocate Groups urged Hochul more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has issued statements on the New York State Education Department’s stand against a Federal Anti-Inclusion certification requirement involving President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the U.S. Department Of Education, as well as the State more»

(ACROSS NEW YORK STATE) – Tens of thousands of Union Members came out in force across New York State over the weekend to participate in more than two dozen Hands Off! Demonstrations that were held Saturday (April 5th) to protest President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s attack on Federal Government programs and Democracy. more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The recently reported clawback of Federal Public Health Grants and layoffs of more than 10,000 Workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also retroactively terminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Health Disparities Grant, impacting important public health programs across New York more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Fred Kowal, President of United University Professions (UUP) - America’s largest Higher Education Union, has released a statement on the Trump Administration’s targeting of students and academia in its deportation campaign. UUP stands in direct opposition to the Trump Administration’s continued targeting of more»