Union

Members of the Rochester Teachers Association will vote on new board members and the next union president. Voting will take place online and will continue through Monday, May 8. A group of Rochester Teachers Association members called ROC Teachers in Action is running for election against current officers, including longtime RTA President Adam Urbanski. For 42 […]

Nurses at Rochester General Hospital voted in favor of forming an independent union. 431 nurses voted yes to joining the Rochester Union of Nurses & Allied Professionals (RUNAP), against 296 no votes. The vote comes after claims of unsafe conditions and poor retention. The outcome will still need to be certified by the NLRB before the […]

Any employee who was working inside the Tops supermarket in Buffalo when the mass shooting occurred now has access to grief counselors provided by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local One union. Frank DeRiso, president of UFCW Local One, stated: “You hear some of the stories of what these people witnessed and what they […]

Yesterday, federal labor officials filed multiple complaints against Starbucks, accusing them of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, including retaliation against pro-union employees. Spokesman Reggie Borges from the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo stated: “Starbucks does not agree that the claims have merit, and the complaint’s issuance does not constitute a finding […]

Christian Smalls was fired from his job working in the Amazon warehouse after participating in a walkout. The walkout was organized to show frustration over Amazon’s response to the pandemic. After being fired, Smalls began trying to organize a union. The organization soon gained enough interest to hold a union vote. Once this was announced, […]

Kellogg’s is not playing when it comes to making sure the show doesn’t stop but in this case production of their products. The union for 1400 Kellogg’s workers rejected the deal that would have given them a 3% raise. The workers continue to strike so Kellogg’s said it will replace those workers with new permanent […]

Hundreds of workers Has been on strike at the Frito-Lay factory in Kansas since July 5th. The locals bakers Union Are fighting for workers who are being overworked and are  Demanding that the company ends its mandatory 84 hour work week. Many of the plants employees work a 7 day a week and 12 hour […]