Southern Tier Councils Articles
Published Sunday, July 25, 2010
Pictured Above: State
Senator Eric Schneiderman received endorsements last week from United Auto
Workers Region 9 and 1199 Service Employees International Union Healthcare
Workers East in his campaign for New York State Attorney General. Meeting
with several local Labor Leaders at 1199 SEIU’s Kenmore Avenue headquarters, Schneiderman
- who proclaimed he
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Published Tuesday, July 20, 2010
(NEW YORK) -
In response to the on-going strike by workers of the Mott’s manufacturing plant
just outside Rochester in Williamson, New York
by members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local
220, the New York City Council today urged the profitable beverage maker to
“return to the negotiating table.”
Entering their eighth week on
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Published Sunday, July 18, 2010
News, Notes & Observations collected
while covering the Western New York Labor
Community over the past several days:
WNYLaborToday.com touched base with Buffalo AFL-CIO Council President Michael
Hoffert last week, who wanted to remind the Western New York Labor
Community that the Buffalo AFL-CIO
Council’s Summer Picnic will be held on Friday, July 30th
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Published Thursday, July 15, 2010
Pictured Above: Collins & Brown Senior Partner William
Collins (left) talks to two members of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsworkers Local
3 – Tim Wilde (in yellow shirt) and Gene McAndrews (in blue shirt) - outside
the Buffalo Labor Law Firm’s North
Street headquarters. Collins & Brown is spending $400,000 with
R.E.
Kelley, Inc. – a
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Published Tuesday, July 13, 2010
(VALHALLA, NEW YORK)
– The upcoming elimination of nursing positions at Westchester
Medical Center
will have a negative impact on the quality of patient care, according to the
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the Union
that represents the medical center’s Registered Nurses (RNs).
Late last week, management at the Westchester
Medical
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Published Sunday, July 4, 2010
(ALBANY, NEW YORK)
- New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is hailing recent state Senate’s
passage of the Dignity for all Students Act, and urging Governor David Paterson
to sign the bill into law so that all students are free from bullying and
harassment and are provided a safe place in which to learn.
The legislation – which had been
long-sought by
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Published Thursday, July 1, 2010
Editor's Note: The
following viewpoint column was published on LaborNotes.org
- a media and organizing project that has been the Voice of Union Activists
since 1979. It was written by Cherrene Horazuk, a clerical worker employed at the University of Minnesota,
who also serves as the chief steward of AFSCME Local 3800.
A contested election at the
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Published Saturday, June 19, 2010
Despite continued dysfunction in Albany, the New York State Senate did manage
to act in the interest of Working New Yorkers recently.
Earlier this month the Senate passed a bill that would
require public utility companies to pay prevailing wage for cleaners, security
guards, doormen and other service workers.
The vote fell almost completely along
party
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