(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»

Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports Starbucks violated U.S. Labor Law by firing a Manhattan Store Supervisor who had organized Workers to join a Union, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Judge has ruled. The NLRB established "striking and strong evidence of animus" behind Starbucks' termination of Rhythm Heaton as a Shift Supervisor at its Astor Place more»

Victoria E. Freile at The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports roughly 900 Nurses employed at Rochester General Hospital have voted to authorize a Strike. According to the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals, the Union has been bargaining with Hospital Administrators since October and remain at an impasse over numerous issues, including more»

Rob Tornoe at The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Jeopardy! Champ Cris Pannullo, a customer-success operations manager from New Jersey who took home $749,268 before taxes during a 21-game winning streak in December, announced in a post on Reddit he won’t show up to film this season’s Tournament of Champions if the show’s Writers are still on more»

Nicholas Newcomb at the CSEA Workforce reports the Great New York State Fair runs for just 13 days a year in Syracuse, so many people may wonder what goes on at the fairgrounds during the remaining 352 days. Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) who work at the Fairgrounds certainly know, because for the Crew of about 80 people, the more»

Kara Smith at NYSUT reports on the New York State United Teachers graduating its Social Justice Academy’s inaugural class: The New York State United Teachers’ (NYSUT) Social Justice Academy started in March with a weekend-long session to introduce the program and set goals and a budget. The two-part program was created to educate the more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) – The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees’ (AFSCME) Staff the Front Lines National Bus Tour got underway Monday with a stop in Rochester, New York. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and New York Assemblymember Harry Bronson joined AFSCME Council 66’s Members to more»

Priya Shahi at The Staten Island Advance reports that in an effort to retain and boost New York State’s Health Care Workforce, a new Law has gone into effect that protects Nurses from working excessively long hours. Nurses now will no longer have to work beyond their regularly scheduled hours, with some exceptions. The New York State Nurses more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced $31.5 million in funding for the New York State Pathways in Technology program that will prepare thousands of New York students for high-skill jobs of the future in technology, manufacturing, health care and finance. This investment funds regional partnerships that respond to the greatest need for more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – A Strike is said to be imminent at the Children’s Law Center in New York City after angry and frustrated Members of A Better Children’s Law Center/United Auto Workers (CLC/UAW) Local 2325 have been attempting to negotiate a first contract for the past 2.5 years, Union Officials said. During that time, Workers at the more»

J.D. Allen at WXXI News reports New York State Regulators have updated the process that shields Undocumented Workers from retaliation and termination during labor disputes. It is an expansion of Federal protections put in place by the Biden Administration earlier this year. The goal is to help guide Undocumented Workers to report employer misconduct if more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - In the early morning hours of February 16th (2023), before her work shift was due to begin, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital District Psychiatric Center (CDPC) Local President Zakiya Rhymer got a devastating call that became a catalyst for change. Rhymer learned that Ronda Davidson, a Secure Care Treatment Aide at more»

Jack Arpey at Spectrum News in Syracuse reports on International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 43, which is expanding its Training Facility as the Building Trades Union gets its Membership ready for an influx of construction work that’s coming in Central New York. Local 43 Business Manager Alan Marzullo says his Union will expand its more»

Rick Moriarty at Syracuse.com has a great story for Workers who live in Central New York and are looking for a construction job on the Micron Technology Memory Chip Plant near Syracuse or on the elevated portion of Interstate 81 that will be built through Downtown Syracuse with a ground-level boulevard. Moriarty lists a number of Workforce Training more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, several signs sit in the wings waiting for the Members of Rochester Building & Construction Trades Council’s affiliated Unions to pick up and march as frustration mounts over the lack of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded construction projects in The Flower City - and the more»

1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East President George Gresham, who heads the largest Union of Health Care Workers in the United States, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate Affirmative Action in Higher Education: “The Supreme Court’s decision more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – By an overwhelming vote of 97%, Workers employed at Barnes & Noble’s Flagship Union Square store have voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). This builds upon last month’s unanimous wins by Workers at Barnes & Noble College Booksellers at Rutgers University with RWDSU and by Barnes more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is unequivocally denouncing today’s (Thursday, June 29th) U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down college admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that used race as a factor for admission. UUP President more»

JDSUPRA reports the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has adopted amendments to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act’s (WARN) regulations to “address the post-pandemic employment climate.” Among other things, the changes to the WARN Act will now: Include Remote Workers as working at the “single site of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Late last week, Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) held speak-outs at three major public hospitals - H+H/Lincoln, H+H/Kings, and H+H/Elmhurst - as part of a series of escalating protests. Nurses are calling on Mayor Adams to do the right thing for racial and health care justice for New Yorkers and more»

Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports Unionized Workers employed at the renowned New York Cinema Film Forum have ratified their first contract, about a year after the group voted to Unionize. The Union is allied with United Auto Workers Local 2110, which represents Workers at museums, universities, publishers and other cultural institutions. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Fifteen years after ProPublica published its first investigation, Employees of the award-winning, non-profit investigative newsroom have announced they are forming a Union - the ProPublica Guild. The announcement comes as a slew of newsrooms have organized and, increasingly, won major material gains for Members. The ProPublica Guild more»

(SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK) - At the Civil Service Employees Association’s (CSEA) recent Statewide Women’s Conference in Saratoga Springs, hundreds of attendees learned how to use their voices to gain power and make positive changes in their Union. The biennial conference was organized by CSEA’s Standing Women’s Committee. CSEA more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Local Unions affiliated with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) will give graduating seniors a good start in their pursuit of higher education, donating roughly $3 million statewide for college scholarships during ceremonies this weekend. As a way to address the Teacher shortage, many NYSUT Locals are offering these scholarships to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Averting what would have been the second Physician’s Strike in New York City and the 8th Health Care Worker Strike in the country this year, Morningside and West Resident Physicians have reached a tentative agreement with their employer Mount Sinai after six months of bargaining. Represented by the Committee of Interns and more»

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the City of New York has reached a tentative, five-plus-year contract agreement with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT). The agreement covers 120,000 Municipal Employees, bringing the total workforce under contract to 67%. The agreement is retroactive, beginning on September 14th, 2022, and expires on more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced expansion of New York’s Nation-leading initiative to offer 12 weeks of fully paid Parental Leave Benefits to more than 80% of the State Workforce, fulfilling her State of the State commitment. As part of the Governor’s ongoing support for New York Workers and their families, this more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports Captive Audience Meetings, the mandatory sessions typically called by employers when Workers are on the cusp of Unionizing, would be forbidden, according to legislation passed by both houses of the New York State Legislature. Employers have for decades used Mandatory Staff Meetings to push back on Pro-Union more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced her Administration has reached contract agreements with the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) and with the United University Professions (UUP). The agreement with PEF is for a three-year term running until April 1st, 2026 for more than 51,000 State Employees in a wide variety of more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian Methodist Hospital have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract with wage increases of 7%, 6% and 5% with full retroactive pay, and in the process - averted a Strike. The contract victory comes after an intense fight against more»

Story by Abbey White at The Hollywood Reporter reports that more than 50 Members from the New York State Senate and Assembly have signed two separate letters calling on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to return to the bargaining table with the Writers Guild. “We understand that, despite many weeks at the bargaining more»

Samuel Stebbins at 247wallst.com has authored a report on Labor Unions in the State of New York. New York is one of only two States where more than one in five Workers are Members of a Union. The 22% share of Workers in the State who are Unionized is the largest of any State in the Northeast - and second largest of any state Nationwide. However, Unions more»

The Civil Service Employees Association’s (CSEA) Jessica Ladlee reports on Workers employed at the Storm King Art Center (SKAC), who have overwhelmingly voted join CSEA, making them one of the most recent groups of Cultural Workers across the country Unionizing their workplaces. The Workers voted to Unionize because they wanted a voice on the job, more»

CBS News and The Gothamist are reporting Transit Workers Local 100 has reached a tentative contract deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which includes 9.8% raises - compounded over three years, and $4,000 in Essential Worker cash bonus payments. TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis said in a statement: "These victories, and others you more»

Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports on dozens of Workers, Union Leaders, lawyers and advocates who testified about wage theft problems at a hearing called by New York State Senator Jessica Ramos ahead of what the Lawmaker hopes will be the enactment of the Securing Wages Earned Against Theft legislation or, more commonly known as the SWEAT Act. more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East-represented Caregivers held a press conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany today (Tuesday, May 30th) in support of legislation that would amend New York’s Insurance Law and implement a 9.63% tax on any profit more»

The Coronavirus Pandemic upended life for hundreds of thousands of college students in the United States. At the same time it upended the mental health profession. Now, advocates for college students are trying to devise new ways to meet this unprecedented need. Obstacles include staffing shortage, outdated State Laws and a lack of diversity in the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York Times Guild, a Unit of The NewsGuild of New York, has reached a tentative agreement with The New York Times Company on a new Collective Bargaining Contract after more than two years of negotiations. The deal, which now must be ratified by Members to go into effect, is a five-year agreement that run until March 2026. The more»

The InsuranceJournal.com reports on a settlement in a New York State wage theft case that has resulted in two Dairy Farm Workers receiving nearly $150,000 in back wages. The New York State Department of Labor Investigators found the Lewis County Dairy Farm Hancor Holsteins had failed to pay its Workers the overtime wages they were owed for nearly two more»

Max Parrot at LaborPress reports from New York City that at first glance, it appeared like a crew of about a half dozen picketing Writers outside a Chelsea warehouse had single-handedly shut down a day of production on “Billions,” the prestige Showtime drama, for the third time during the Writers Guild of America (WGA) TV Writers Strike. In more»