(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»

Lisa Held at Civil Eats reports that on January 30th, President Trump’s announcement that his Administration would begin deporting Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay Prison made big news. But at an apple orchard in Upstate New York, Immigrant Farm Workers signed the first United Farm Workers (UFW) Union contract in the State, joining the legendary more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Actors’ Equity Association, the National Union representing more than 51,000 Professional Performers and Stage Managers working in live theatre, is applauding the reintroduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) in the U.S. Senate by Senator Mark Warner (Democrat-Virginia) and Senator Thom Tillis more»

(UTICA, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS)/Wynn Hospital have reached a tentative contract agreement that covers 650 Nurses. The agreement, which is being voted on by Nurses, includes stronger safe staffing enforcement, break coverage to ensure safe staffing at all more»

Flight Attendants and allies recently picketed at nearly 20 airports worldwide to demand United Airlines management remove concessions and deliver the industry-leading contract they’ve earned. The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council joined their Union - the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA), at more»

Workers at two Gannett-owned newsrooms represented by the NewsGuild of New York (TNG-CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 31003) have been fighting for fair wages. Gannett operates the USA Today network and controls hundreds of local newsrooms across the United States. Editorial Staff at The Bergen Record in Bergen, New Jersey have voted more»

The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, along with more than 50 Unions and community groups participated in a March To Stop The Cuts to vital government programs and the Federal workforce. Thousands of New Yorkers came together in response to President Trump, Congressional Republicans and unelected billionaire Elon Musk joining together to fire more»

WHAM reports a Graduate Student Strike could soon happen at the University of Rochester. Graduate Workers who want to form a Union said the University has backed off from an election agreement. The group is looking to form the Union for collective bargaining, claiming some Graduate Employees make as little as $15,000 a year. For More On This Labor News more»

(ONEIDA, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Oneida Health Hospital held an informational picket on Wednesday (March 19th) to demand management negotiate in good faith and settle a fair contract with safe staffing and a real plan to retain Nurses for safe patient care. Oneida Hospital management has been more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is responding to the Trump Administration’s massive firing of Staff, which a lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic Attorneys General argues is an illegal overreach of the Administration’s authority because the move seeks to more»

(BAY SHORE, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) Nurses employed at Northwell/South Shore University Hospital have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a looming March 17th Strike. The tentative agreement includes improvements to Safe Staffing Standards and stronger Safe Staffing enforcement, which are essential for quality more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – Nearly 4,000 Nursing Home Workers - who are represented by the largest Health Care Workers Union in the U.S., 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, and are employed at 27 long-term care facilities in four counties of Western New York - have begun negotiations on new contracts. The more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal, who heads the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is responding to the U.S. Department of Education warning 60 Universities - including three State University of New York (SUNY) Schools, that they are under investigation for alleged anti-Semitic discrimination more»

Michael Hill at The Los Angeles Times reports New York State has fired more than 2,000 Prison Guards for failing to return to work after a weeks-long Wildcat Strike that crippled the State’s Correctional System, but said enough Officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over. “After (22) days of an illegal Strike, the more»

(LATHAM, NEW YORK) – Late last week, hundreds of Educators, Labor Leaders, Public Service Workers and Lawmakers joined the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) in Westchester at State University of New York (SUNY) Westchester Community College and in the Capital Region at Schenectady City Hall to advocate for pension reform to ensure that careers in more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Employees at Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, have overwhelmingly demonstrated support for representation with Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153. The group seeks to Unionize to ensure Employees can participate in decisions that impact them, including those related to job security more»

Kelly Gooch at Becker’s Hospital Review reports New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have set a March 17th Strike date at Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore. The Union represents more than 900 Nurses at the hospital. NYSNA and hospital management began negotiating a new contract in November. The more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Educators, parents, students and advocates gathered at the New York State Capitol Tuesday (March 4th) in a demonstration of unity and commitment to public education. The rally was part of a nationwide Protect Our Kids Day of Action that spanned more than 2,000 locations to push back against proposed Federal cuts that would decimate the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Health Care Workers across the State - including Members of the Communications of Workers (CWA) District 1, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), have submitted complaints detailing more than 23,000 separate violations of hospitals’ more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The National Council of Actors’ Equity Association, which represents more than 51,000 Professional Actors and Stage Managers in live theatre, has voted to ratify a new five-year Development Agreement - concluding an eight-month Strike against The Broadway League. The new agreement is effective immediately and extends to February more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - More than 350 students, Faculty and Staff from the City University of New York (CUNY), the State University of New York (SUNY) System and independent colleges rallied with Legislators Wednesday (February 26th) inside the State Capitol to support a platform of increased funding for New York’s Public University Systems, broader more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - – New York State Attorney General Letitia James has announced a $16.75 million settlement with delivery platform DoorDash for misleading both consumers and Delivery Workers (known as Dashers) by using tips intended for Dashers to subsidize their guaranteed pay. Between May 2017 and September 2019, DoorDash used a guaranteed pay more»

(WEBSTER, NEW YORK) – Unionized Professional and Clinical Homecare Workers employed at University of Rochester Medicine Homecare (URMHC) held a one-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike on Monday (February 24th). The Workers, who cover seven Upstate Counties, have been negotiating for a first Union contract since May 2024 that includes reasonable patient more»

The Federation of Nurses/United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has sent a 10-day Strike notification to New York University (NYU) Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. The Nurses' contract with NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn ends at midnight on Friday (February 28th). "The hospital has put patients and Nurses at risk with its chronic understaffing," said Anne Goldman, more»

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has mobilized National Guard Troops to secure State-run prisons amid a Wildcat Strike by Corrections Workers. Picketing by Unionized Corrections Officers took place at around 30 State Prisons as of Wednesday (February 19th). Representatives from the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association more»

(LATHAM, NEW YORK) - For the second consecutive year, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Union is being nationally recognized as the top organization across the country for its contributions to the American Cancer Society’s 2024 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Campaign. The Statewide Teachers Union was represented by teams from every corner more»

Central New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation Editor’s Note: AnnMarie Talierico serves as President of the Central New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation and is also President/Business Manger at UNITEHERE Local 150. Without question, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during the Biden years did more to support workers and Union Organizing more»

Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has issued several Executive Orders that closely align with proposals outlined in Project 2025, raising fears in some quarters about the impact of these policies on Workers, particularly those in the Public Sector. The establishment of the Department of 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 issued the following statement on funding cuts ordered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH): “The Trump Administration’s move more»