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Empire Center Urges State And Public Employers To Comply With Janus ASAP

Fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center for Public Policy sent a letter Tuesday to state and local public employers across New York urging them to quickly comply with new obligations as a...

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32 BJ Splits the Democratic Primary Baby

The building workers union Local 32BJ is out with its endorsements for the upcoming Democratic state primaries in September – a list that, as expected, includes one of the insurgent candidates seeking...

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Flynn Lands 1st Labor Endorsement in NY-19 Dem Race

From the Morning Memo: Brian Flynn, one of seven Democrats vying for the right to challenge freshman Republican Rep. John Faso in NY-19, is poised to announce he has landed the first labor endorsement...

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AFL-CIO Nods Go To Donovan, Maloney And Crowley

The New York AFL-CIO on Tuesday endorsed two Democrats and a Republican in their re-election bids: Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Joseph Crowley and Dan Donovan. “All three of these candidates have proven...

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Cuomo Nets Another Union Nod (Updated)

From the Morning Memo: A number of organized labor groups have lined up to provide early endorsements to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term this fall and faces a new primary challenge from...

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Public-Sector Labor Groups Rally Amid Janus Arguments

The political clout of public labor unions in New York and around the country is being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court — a challenge labor leaders say is coming from their political opponents....

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Anti-Con Con Group Spends Big On TV

A group predominantly fueled by major labor unions has spent more than $500,000 on television ads opposing a constitutional convention. A Board of Elections filing for the group, New Yorkers Against...

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DC 9 Protests Detainment Of Union Members

The labor union District Council 9 on Wednesday protested the detainment of two of its members by federal immigration officials. Hugo Mejia and Rodrigo Nunez were arrested on their job site in May by...

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CSEA President Opens Door to 2018 Cuomo Endorsement

To say CSEA President Danny Donohue and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have had a rocky relationship is something of an understatement. Donohue, who heads the second largest state workers union in New York, is a...

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Moya Gets HTC Nod For Council Bid

Democratic Assemblyman Francisco Moya on Thursday received the endorsement from the politically influential Hotel Trades Council in his bid for the New York City Council. “We have enthusiastically...

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Labor’s Pragmatism Pays Off

Two of New York’s political key labor unions didn’t put all of their chips on one party in the race for control of the state Senate. And the gamble to diversify their political investments appears to...

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WNY Labor Wants Collins To Dump Trump

From the Morning Memo: Members of Western New York’s Area Labor Federation rallied in front of Republican Congressman Chris Collins’s office Tuesday evening. In response to Trump’s comments about women...

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WFP Touts Primary Wins

Lots of people and organizations are claiming victory this morning after seeing the results from yesterday’s (extremely low turnout) primaries, and that includes the Working Families Party, which...

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AFL-CIO’s Cilento Re-Elected

Mario Cilento was unanimously re-elected the president of the New York State AFL-CIO on Monday, the labor group announced. The election was held this morning at the Sheraton New York Times Square...

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AFL-CIO Endorses Stavisky, Bailey For Senate

The New York State AFL-CIO on Friday issued early endorsements in two state Senate races, backing Democrats Toby Ann Stavisky of Queens, an incumbent, and Jamaal Bailey, a Democrat who is seeking the...

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Minimum Wage Deal Not Embraced By All On Left

Business groups that have been opposed to a minimum wage increase were uniformly displeased with the agreement in the state budget. But not all liberal organizations were happy with the outcome,...

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CSEA Sues Thruway Authority Over Retiree Costs

The Civil Service Employees Association on Thursday announced it had filed a class-action lawsuit against the state Thruway Authority after about 1,500 retirees had their health care costs increased....

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NYSUT Makes Trio Of Legislative Endorsements

The New York State United Teachers union on Monday issued endorsements to one Democratic incumbent in the Senate, while backing two Democrats running for open Assembly seats in an April 19 special...

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CSEA’s Donohue Re-elected

Longtime Civil Service Employees Association President Danny Donohue was re-elected to a seventh term as the leader of the state’s largest public workers union. The union announced Donohue had won the...

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Newly Elected PEF President Vows ‘Courteous Dialogue’ With Cuomo

Wayne Spence took the helm of the Public Employees Federation on Monday — leading an often fractious labor group of mostly white-collar state workers that has feuded with Gov. Andrew Cuomo during much...

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