Saturday January 30,2010 was the Central New York Area Labor Federation Night at the Syracuse Crunch. There was a great turnout from Labor for this event. In fact, eight Unions from the ALF participated by purchasing blocks of tickets: UA Local 267, SEIU Local 200United, 1199SEIU, CSEA, USW, PBA, LIUNA 633, and IBT 317. Labor was definitely in the house!

Republican Senate leaders are so frightened that a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might actually have an open mind about workers’ rights, that in two purely partisan maneuvers, they’ve blocked a majority vote on one of President Obama’s nominees for an NLRB seat. Read More>>

Earlier this week, we noted a new study that predicts health insurance premiums will jump between 10 percent and 11 percent this year. Now a new government report says health care costs last year took the biggest bite ever out of the nation’s economy. Read More>>

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says workers face increasing obstacles when they try to form unions and “we need to restore their freedom to do so.” In testimony before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today, Solis looked back at the department’s actions in 2009 and forward to its 2010 agenda. Read More>>

Tri-County Central Labor Council's Vice President Gary Robbins, UFCW/ICW Local 251c made sure that workers were not forgotten at a Chenango County Economic Roundtable with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on January 15.   The event was sponsored by Senator Gillibrand, who invited the Labor community  to send a representative as well as businesses and elected officials. *

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About 150 union and community supporters participated in a silent march to support free speech rights in response to the suspension without pay of IAFF Local 921 president Marty Meaney.  Among the union marchers were members  from CWA,  NYSUT, PEF, SEIU200United,  Teamsters,  and others who joined Firefighters from around the region. 

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The Central New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO swore in its new President, Ann Marie Taliercio at its Annual Meeting on Saturday, September 26, 2009. President Taliercio hails from UNITEHERE Local 150, which represents Hotel and Restaurant workers in the Central New York Area.