Economic Policy Institute Editor’s Note: David Dyssegaard Kallick serves as Director of Immigration Research Initiative. Daniel Costa serves as Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research Farm Workers have long demanded overtime pay that kicks in after working 40 hours a week, just like other Workers get. This year’s state budget more»

Don Cazentre & Charlie Miller at Syracuse.com report on 200 Teamsters Local 317-represented Drivers and Warehouse Workers employed at the Central New York Distribution Center for Food Supplier Sysco, who walked off the job earlier this week. The job action affects supplies to local restaurants - as well as big institutions like schools, colleges, more»

JeanneTyler Moodee Lockman at WHAM-TV/ABC 13 reports on New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, who was in Syracuse to announce actions to crack down on unemployment insurance fraud after a New York State Department of Labor (DOL) investigation found such fraud accounted for more than $11 million in benefits payments in August. To Directly Access This Labor more»

NY Cannabis Insider Staff interviewed Nikki Kateman, who serves as Political and Communications Director for Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)/United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 338 prior to NY Cannabis Insider’s Conference – which will be held on November 4th in Tarrytown and feature a slew of expert panelists. more»

Dean Moses at AMNY reports on Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1101-represented Con Edison Workers who rallied outside the Energy Giant’s headquarters near Union Square last week in protest of the company allegedly set to drop a Union contract in favor of cheaper labor. Moses reports CWA Local 1101 Officials say such a move will result in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - At the Equity in Focus Summit that was held at the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) in Washington, D.C., speakers and panelists discussed the importance of gender and racial equity in policymaking and workforce development. Co-hosted by the Department’s Women’s Bureau and the Cornell University School of Industrial and more»

(QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK) - As a new Activist and self-confessed Data Geek, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Warren County Local and Unit President Chris Connell used numbers to delve into a workplace problem. Connell’s research and tenacity, along with using his Union’s many Member resources and involving CSEA Members in advocating for more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced a second agreement with Albany Med Health System after finding Albany Med included an illegal provision in employment contracts with Nurses who were hired from overseas. That illegal provision, or “repayment fee,” required Nurses to pay thousands of dollars if they more»

Stan Linhorst at Syracuse.com recently interviewed AnnMarie Taliercio, who serves as President of the Central New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation and President and business manager of UNITE HERE Local 150. Linhorst asked her: What makes a successful leader? Taliercio’s list includes patience, sincerity, and empathy. She also said good leaders are more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Thousands more New York State Workers now qualify for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) - thanks to a new law championed by United University Professions (UUP) and signed by Governor Kathy Hochul. UUP was one of the strongest, most vocal proponents of the Bill, which gives more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Unionized New School Jazz Faculty held its Rally For Respect event earlier this week on Fifth Avenue in New York City to demand the school bargain in good faith for new contracts that provide fair wages, reliable health care, stronger job security and real curriculum input, among other issues. The New School Jazz Faculty were more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the expansion of the New York State Department of Labor’s (NYSDOL) Virtual Career Center, a cutting-edge on-line platform to help New Yorkers accelerate their career search. The Virtual Career Center uses robust artificial intelligence to match a job seeker's skills and experience with job more»

Nick Reisman at Spectrum News in Albany reports State Lawmakers and advocates who support an increase in New York's Minimum Wage are making a renewed push for the measure amid rising costs, a tight labor market and a recognition of labor's contributions as the Summer ends. To Directly Access This Labor News Report, Go To: more»

Angela Barbuti at The New York Post reports that Transit Workers represented by Transit Workers Union Local 100 who contributed as First Responders at Ground Zero are being ignored by the 9/11 Museum. To Read This Labor News Story, Go To: https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/transit-workers-ignored-by-9-11-museum-are-livid/ Photo Courtesy Of The Viator Web Site more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest Union of Health Care Workers in the country, has serious concerns about implementing New York's Nursing Home Staffing Law. For two years, the public praised Nursing Home Workers and low wage Caregivers as the heroes of the COVID Pandemic - yet, they are being driven more»

(VALHALLA, NEW YORK) -  More than 100 New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Westchester Medical Center rallied in front of the hospital to call attention to unsafe working conditions at the facility, which they say is a result of understaffing. The Nurses (Pictured Above/Photo Courtesy of NYSNA’s Facebook more»

Ted Remsnyder at Columbia-Greene Media reports on Union-represented Caregivers who are employed a Columbia Memorial Health in Hudson, who rallied late last week outside the Street Park facility to call public attention to its lack of staffing. The hospital has 328 job openings, according to 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United more»

Samuel Gompers eloquently summed up the importance of Labor Day to Unions - and to all American workers - more than a century ago. Gompers, the Labor Icon who founded and led the American Federation of Labor for from 1886 through 1926, described Labor Day as “the day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A new Gallup Poll finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest approval recorded by Gallup since 1965. “The data from Gallup confirms what we are seeing right here in New York State as Workers organize in the Cannabis and Agriculture Industries and at Amazon, Starbucks, and at nonprofits,” New York State more»

(BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) Binghamton Chapter member Lea Webb won the Democratic nomination for the New York State Senate in the 52nd District in the August 23rd primary. Webb trounced her challenger, Leslie Danks Banks, winning 61.2% of the vote, according to Ballotpedia.com. Banks won 38.7% of the vote, followed more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York Times performance review system has for years given significantly lower ratings to Employees of Color, an analysis by Times journalists in the NewsGuild shows. The analysis, which relied on data provided by the company on performance ratings for all Guild-represented Employees, found that in 2021, being Hispanic reduced the more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - With educators seeing more disruptions and violence in their schools, the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Union today (Tuesday, August 30th) released a new report detailing local, State and Federal policy recommendations that will help bolster school safety and help meet the unprecedented needs of students. The Safe Schools for more»

Hailey Mensik at HealthCareDive reports that the hope several Unions - including National Nurses United, the New York State Nurses Association and other major Unions that represent Teachers and other Workers, had for permanent Workplace Safety Standards to protect Health Care Staff from COVID-19 infections in the workplace were dealt a blow late last week more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) will provide a report analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women in the workplace with a particular focus on the multi-layered gender wage gap. The report will build on the findings of the 2018 Gender Wage Gap report, which was co-chaired by more»

Amy Stulick at SkilledNursingNews.com reports on the New York State Department of Health revising its minimum Staffing Regulations for nursing homes just months after the policies were officially implemented in April. To Read This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

The 2.5 million Member New York State AFL-CIO has announced its endorsements of candidates running for Congress, Senate and Assembly. The endorsements took place at the State Labor Federation’s recently-held 2022 Committee on Political Education (COPE) Convention at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel in New York City. Delegates, representing Union more»

(ASTORIA, QUEENS) – Earlier this week, Members of SMART (International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) Local 28, Laborers Local 79, Steamfitters Local 638, community supporters and other Union Workers rallied in front of the Tribeca Film Center, calling on self-professed Union Man Robert De Niro to stop cutting more»

TheNewsEnterprise.com has published a Labor News Story from Associated Press Business Writer Haleluya Hadero on Workers employed at an Amazon Warehouse in the Albany area filing for a Union Election. To Read This Labor News Report, Go To: more»

Kate Lisa at Spectrum News reports that some Labor Unions and progressive New York State Lawmakers want to make an annual increase in the Minimum Wage a top priority next session. A Bill to implement a permanent increase to the State's Minimum Wage Rate set to the Consumer Price Index, died this session, but the fight is being reinvigorated as New York more»

Matt Egan at CNN Business reports New York-area manufacturing suffered a large and unexpected setback in August, according to a New York Federal Reserve Empire State Manufacturing Survey. To Directly Access This Labor News Story, Go To: more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York State LECET (The Laborers-Employers Cooperation And Education Trust) is commending the Biden Administration for signing the CHIPS Act to boost domestic supply chains, combat the underinvestment in our country’s manufacturing and research and development capabilities, and bolster our technology infrastructure - all while more»

(ROCHESTER, NEW YORK) - More than 130 Workers employed at Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Services (VSES) in Rochester are set to begin bargaining for a first agreement. The International Association of Machinists (IAM)-represented Unit of 130 Workers is made up of Licensed Veterinary Technicians, Veterinary Assistants, Front Desk Staff and other more»

(UPPER MARLBORO, MARYLAND) - JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines have announced the two airlines plan to merge to create the nation’s fifth largest carrier. However, Spirit Airlines shareholders have rejected Frontier Airlines’ bid to merge and cleared the way for JetBlue’s $3.8 billion all-cash offer to combine the two carriers. more»

Ken Girardin is a Fellow at the Empire Center for Public Policy in Albany who’s written an Opinion Piece that currently appears in The New York Post. In it, Girardin addresses a move by 80 of the New York State Senate’s roughly 1,000 employees who’ve formed the New York State Legislative Workers United Union. To Directly Access His Full more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has ratified a five-year contract with New York State. The agreement, which runs until April 1s, 2026, won the approval of more than 80% of CSEA members. CSEA represents over 52,000 New York State Employees in four Bargaining Units. The ratified contract includes raises in each year of more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Laura Wander serves as a Labor Representative for Highmark Northeastern New York, serving a multitude of Labor Unions and their Members in that region. Highmark Northeastern New York is part of Highmark/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York, which is overseen by its President, Dr. Michael Edbauer, more»

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Reich has penned a Labor Perspective for The Guardian, saying Workers are being punished for inflation, while the real culprit is corporate greed. To Read Reich’s Labor Perspective, Go To: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/us-inflation-corporate-greed

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, issued the following statement on the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees allocation of new State Budget funding: "This past budget session, UUP Members were the loudest voices advocating on behalf of the State University System more»

According to Ian Kea of the Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP), injured Workers in New York State could see limited access to prescription services due to a newly proposed rule from the New York Workers' Compensation Board (NYWCB) that would require injured Workers to receive prescription care from in-network pharmacies selected by their insurance carrier more»

The Albany Times Union reports that New York State's Tiers V and VI used to wait 10 years to be pension eligible, but now it's five for New York’s Public Employees. Read The Albany Times Union Report At: www.timesunion.com/news/article/State-workers-get-nice-surprise-vesting-after-17317456.php

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - A super-majority of Quality Assurance Testers at Blizzard Albany (formerly Vicarious Visions) have announced the formation of the Albany Game Workers Alliance/CWA (Communications Workers of America) and filed for a Union Representation Election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). And, the Workers have asked that Activision more»

Governor Kathy Hochul touted the recovery of $11 million in stolen wages by New York State during a news conference held in New York City. The Governor also announced the creation of a wage theft hotline. To Read Labor News Reports Of Governor Hochul’s News Conference, Go To: more»

Employee Benefit News’ (EBN) Reporter Deanna Cuadra looks into why Union Construction Firms have advantages amid the current labor shortage the U.S. is dealing with. In her Labor News Story, Frank Manzo IV, the Executive Director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and Co-Author of a study conducted by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and more»

Nurses working at Rochester General Hospital have voted to Unionize. According to RochesterBeacon.com, their Union will be known as the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals. To Read The RochesterBeacon.com’s Labor News Report, Go To: https://rochesterbeacon.com/2022/07/14/rgh-nurses-vote-to-unionize/ And For More On The Rochester more»

(SCHOHARIE, NEW YORK) - Antonia Triumpho was harassed, disrespected and then fired without notice. The reason? Being a Woman. Such was the findings of two New York State Courts after nearly four years of legal wrangling. But today, Triumpho is back at work because of her Union’s – the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), efforts. In more»

The Albany Times Union reports the Bethlehem Town Board in Albany County is getting involved in 1199 Service Employees International Union Healthcare Workers East’s fight for better working conditions at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. To Read The Labor News Report Authored By Massarah Mikati, Go To: more»

While Grocery Stores are struggling with staffing, Unionization efforts are expanding and Workers are pushing retailers for better conditions - but how the dynamics will play out remains far from settled, Labor experts say. Read GroceryDrive.com Reporter Sam Silverstein’s story at: more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - After more than a year of bargaining, the WIRED Union says Conde Nast management is still unwilling to pay its Employees fairly and is refusing to engage with the Union on rights participation, and will not recognize its Product Reviewers as part of the Bargaining Unit. As a result, Union Representatives say the Union and its Membership more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Frederick Kowal, who serves as President of United University Professions (UUP) - the largest Higher Education Union, with more than 42,000 Academic and Professional Faculty and Retirees, has released a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to fight more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Just several weeks after Transit Agency top management and Union Leaders wrote urging Albany to address the dramatic spike in violent assaults on transit Workers with stiffer penalties and a broader definition of protected Workers, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to do just that. Under the legislation more»