(POTSDAM, NEW YORK) – Led by United University Professions (UUP), more than 100 Unionists, students and community members showed their support for State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam as they rallied against planned cuts to programs and Staff. Waving signs that read: “We Demand Fair Funding For SUNY Potsdam,” UUP Members joined more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced two landmark settlements totaling $328 million with Rideshare Companies Uber and Lyft for cheating Drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. More than 100,000 Drivers throughout New York stand to receive settlement funds and the benefits afforded to them under these historic more»

City & State reports New York State Lawmakers heard from policy experts and Labor Representatives at a hearing on Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) role in the workplace. Labor Leaders spoke of the harm AI could bring, especially to low-skilled Workers employed at call centers and warehouses. Some Assembly Members appeared to be learning about the more»

Chase Carter at Dicebreaker reports 25 Members of the Brooklyn Strategist Workers Union will file for an election with Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board after the company’s owner immediately refused to recognize the Staff’s decision, according to a press release. A super-majority representing more than 75% of the Cafe’s Staff have more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a Bill into law that requires public schools to create a Workplace Readiness Week whose purpose is to teach high school students about their rights as Workers. Now, a New York State Legislator has introduced similar legislation to help young Workers across the State. Assembly more»

(LATHAM, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Union is proud to congratulate its 174 teams who participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks across the State, raising more than $275,000 to save lives and fund the future of cancer research, patient support and advocacy. Now a Flagship Sponsor of more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – Following multiple contract extensions, the Collective Bargaining Agreement covering more than 1,800 Service Workers employed at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has expired. The contract expiration comes after several months of negotiations, including 23 day-long bargaining sessions involving 1199 Service more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the largest State investment in renewable energy in United States history, demonstrating New York’s leadership in advancing the clean energy transition. The conditional awards include three offshore wind and 22 land-based renewable energy projects totaling 6.4 gigawatts of clean energy, enough to more»

Latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows there's nearly half a million open jobs in New York State and 8.8 million nationwide. "The one thing I hear every single day is we need people," said Crystal Griffith, who serves as Director of Workforce Development for The Business Council. "We don't have a workforce. We need people. Or we have more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress reports that on the first day that the popular Wegmans Grocery Chain opened its doors in Manhattan, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)/United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 338 were there to remind the regional franchise that New York City is a Union Town. Local 338 Representatives said their goal was more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - If there’s one lesson United University Professions (UUP) has learned from its first proud half-century as a pioneering Higher Education Union, it’s this: No sooner do you achieve one victory for your Members than you see your next fight for equity and justice coming right at you. In other words, as UUP President Fred more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Fifty allies from Organized Labor and other Advocacy Organizations rallied in New York City this week in support of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union (BCTGM) Local 390G Workers on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Memphis, Tennessee. The rally called attention to the Strike, more»

(UTICA, NEW YORK) – At the end of this month, the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) is planning to open the new Wynn Hospital in Downtown Utica, but according to New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Caregivers, MVHS has failed to reach an agreement with the Hospital’s Nurses who will staff the new hospital. In addition, more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – The decision made by Grant Malone, who serves as District Manager of International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 158/District 832 and as President of the Rochester Building & Construction Trades Council, to run for Public Office came down to a simple fact: “‘You try to fix things or you don’t more»

A long-awaited memorial at the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Greenwich Village was officially dedicated on Wednesday (September 11th), honoring the victims of the tragedy that ignited the U.S. Labor Movement's fight for Workplace Safety. In a post that appeared on the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council’s web site, Anne more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) has joined nearly 250 Labor, Environmental And Faith-Based Groups in asking Governor Kathy Hochul to include the Climate Change Superfund Act in the next State Budget and hold major Oil Companies financially responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. UUP President Fred Kowal was one of dozens of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers at Hex & Co., the three-location Board Game Bar/Cafe Chain - including the largest board game cafe in Manhattan, have delivered a letter to management asserting their right to collectively bargain and asking ownership to voluntarily recognize their Union with Workers United. The Hex & Co Bargaining Unit will include about more»

Peter Serne at City & State reports on those Elected Officials who are serving on the New York City Council and in the New York State Legislature who belonged to Unions before running for Public Office. Serne writes their personal experiences with Unions have given them a better understanding of the issues facing Organized Labor, not to mention a more»

Angela Bunay at City & State reports that while the current United Auto Workers (UAW) Strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis is concentrated in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, the Stand-Up Strike has now expanded to many other States, including New York. New York State’s Auto Parts Manufacturing Industry is the sixth-largest in the more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports Members of the Public Employees Federation (PEF), which represents 50,000 State Employees, marched from Albany Hilton to Empire State Plaza to raise awareness about bullying and harassment on the job, problems they say have gotten worse in recent years. But because Workers have frequently experienced retaliation more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress reports Construction Unions don’t just deliver financial benefits to their Members, but often to private developers too. Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) recently authored a report that concluded developers are likely to save money by using Union Labor on private Prevailing Wage more»

Claudia Irizarry Aponte at THE CITY reports a group of New York City Home Health Aides is suing the New York State Department of Labor in an attempt to force the agency to resume an investigation of their allegations they were not fully compensated for their time during 24-hour shifts. The State was already investigating wage theft claims made by 120 Home more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - Independent Brooklyn Coffee Shop and Bar The Daily Press has become the first independent cafe in New York City to win a Union Contract with Workers United New York/New Jersey. Through their unique Union Contract, Workers have transformed the Daily Press into a cooperatively-run cafe and bar, the first of its kind in New York City. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Climate Jobs NY - a coalition of Labor Unions that represents more than 2.6 million New Yorkers on a mission to advocate for a Clean Energy Economy while creating good Union Jobs - has received a proclamation from the New York City Council in recognition of their work within the Renewable Energy Economy. Since their launch in 2017, more»

(POTSDAM, NEW YORK) - A plan being made public to restructure and - according to multiple reports - potentially shrink the State University of New York at Potsdam could have been averted if SUNY’s Board of Trustees had allocated $163 million in new SUNY State funding in the 2023-2024 State Budget to lower projected multi-million-dollar deficits at more»

The MidHudsonNews.com reports on the latest annual State of the Unions report from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Labor and Urban Studies, which shows that in a significant and evolving trend, young people and college-educated Workers are at the forefront of a national surge in Union Organizing and Strikes. The rise in Union Activity and more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - As Educators welcome students back to the classroom, around 130 Local New York State United Teachers’ Unions across New York State are beginning the new school year working under expired contracts. “As we have seen this year, workers across industries and across our country are standing up for their rights to fair pay more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Union is congratulating Rochester Teachers Association (RTA) Member Zachary Arenz, a Music Teacher at Flower City School Number 54, on being named the 2024 New York State Teacher of the Year by the state Board of Regents. NYSUT also congratulated the Teacher of the Year Finalists: more»

Dan Mahoney, who serves as Assistant Department Director/Motion Picture at International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and who is also a Member of IATSE Local 52, took time to pen the following remembrance honoring those IATSE Heroes who kept Ground Zero bathed in light while rescuers searched for survivors after the terrorist attacks on more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA/AFSCME) Local 1000 President Mary Sullivan joined CSEA Members last week to underscore the urgent need to fill open public service positions throughout New York. Hochul also more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York State United Teachers President (NYSUT) Melinda Person joined Governor Kathy Hochul as she signed into law Bills in support of public schools, capping off years of NYSUT advocacy on behalf of students and Educators. These three victories will strengthen New York schools as places where children and Staff can thrive and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a package of legislation to support, protect and expand benefits for New York Workers. Governor Hochul signed legislation (S4982/A6604) to prohibit employers from disciplining Employees that opt not to participate in meetings about the employer’s political or religious views. The Governor also more»

(CANTON, NEW YORK) - Last November, United University Professions (UUP) put out the call for its Members who were interested in joining UUP’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity Building Team, a new initiative to focus on building diversity, equity and inclusion on State University of New York (SUNY) Campuses across the State. Christina more»

As we celebrate Labor Day, it’s as exciting a time as any in recent memory to be a part of a Union. Working People are seeing what the Union Difference is all about, and they want to be a part of it. Unions are overwhelmingly popular. According to Gallup’s Annual Poll released a few days ago, more than two-thirds of people have a favorable more»

Max Parrott at LaborPress reports Nurses represented by the Federation of Nurses/United Federation of Teachers (UFT) at New York University Langone Hospital-Brooklyn are sounding the alarm over levels of understaffing that they say violate the New York State’s Nurse Staffing Law. Union Officials said that over one week in August the Union documented more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports Labor Unions across New York City and the State are supporting Governor Kathy Hochul’s push for the Biden Administration to expedite work authorizations for Asylum Seekers. The State Department of Labor is working to help Asylum Seekers find job opportunities as soon as they are granted Work Permits. Union more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Members of United University Professions (UUP), which represents more than 37,000 Academic and Professional Faculty at State University of New York (SUNY) State-operated campuses, have overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract with New York State, Union Officials announced. The pact was approved by 96.4% of eligible voters that more»

(SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, which is part of Catholic Health Services, have ratified a new contract with an overwhelming majority of Nurses (89%) voting in favor. The three-year deal includes significant gains for Nurses, such as set Nurse-To-Patient more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law the Roadway Quality Assurance Act, which strengthens New York’s Construction Workforce by ensuring they are paid the Prevailing Wage. This requirement uplifts Workers and local communities across the State and contributes to reliable utility service for ratepayers. Governor Hochul said: more»

(SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association-Represented Nurses at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a Strike with 98% of Nurses voting in favor of authorization. The Nurses have been working with an expired contract since July 31st and decided to vote on authorizing a Strike after a slow week of more»

From a Dry-Cleaning Employee in Manhattan to a Technician working for a Transit Company in Plattsburg, Max Bevington at WSYR-TV reports the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has announced its Division of Worker Protection has recovered and returned to Workers around $11.7 million in stolen wages so far this year. According to the NYSDOL, more more»

(ORISKANY, NEW YORK) - After years of relentless advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer has announced United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local One - which represents more than 19,000 Members across Buffalo, Syracuse, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, and Upstate New York, will receive $764 million pension-fix payout from the more»

NBC has a story on Donna DeCaprio, the first Woman to lead Atlantic City’s main Casino Union - Unite Here Local 54, in the 107-year history of the Union. Sixty-percent of the Union's 10,000 Members are Women, most who clean hotel rooms, serve drinks and tidy up public areas. DeCaprio, who began her career in 1987 stocking bar supplies at the more»

Anni Irish at The Art Newspaper reports that after two years of negotiations and numerous demonstrations and rallies, Staff at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City have finally reached a first Union contract, which was ratified with an overwhelming 97% of the vote. The Union, which first formed in 2021, voted to become part of Local 2110 of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Employees of ProPublica have won voluntary recognition of their Union, the ProPublica Guild. The Union - which secured support from 97% of eligible Staff Members - is wall-to-wall, covering Editorial, Business and Operations Departments at the largest non-profit newsroom in the country. The more than 130 Members of the ProPublica more»

Rick Moriarty at Syracuse.com reports the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has rejected eBay’s request that it invalidate a March 10th vote by Workers at eBay-owned TCGplayer in Syracuse to Unionize. The NLRB said the company raised “no substantial issues warranting review” of the 136-to-87 vote by Workers in favor of joining more»

Jessica Jones-Gorman at The Staten Island Advance asks what does it take to be counted among the top 1% of earners nationwide? According to a recent study, an American Family needs to earn an annual income of at least $650,000 to be put into that class - and that number could be greater, depending on where you live. SmartAsset analyzed data from the IRS more»

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle & FingerLakes1.com report nearly 900 Nurses represented by the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals at Rochester General Hospital began a two-day strike on Thursday following failed contract negotiations. The Strike is set to run through 7 a.m. on Saturday (August 5th). The Union is seeking a more»

JDSupra reports New York State's Legislature recently passed a Bill that, once signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, will effectively prohibit employers from holding mandatory Employee meetings for the purpose of discussing Union Elections and Organizing. These meetings are often referred to as "Captive Audience" Meetings. New York is poised to join a growing more»

(SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK) – Last week, more than 130 New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses, who are fighting for a fair contract at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, marched on the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) carrying a banner with pictures of Nurses holding signs that read: “We’re ready to do whatever it takes to win a more»