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Last month, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama cast their votes in a historic election. The issue: whether to unionize. The majority voted against…
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Tamiko Matthews received her second pink slip from the Rochester City School District this week. The 40-something mother of one has worked for the…
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Adjunct faculty at Nazareth College approved their first union contract Wednesday.A statement from Local 200 United said the majority of adjuncts will…
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ConnectionsAre construction workers paid fairly in New York State? The legislature has been debating the so-called “prevailing wage.” Non-union workers and business…
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Rochester’s annual Labor Day parade steps off at 11:00 a.m. on Monday near the corner of East Avenue and Alexander Street, proceeds down East Ave. to Main…
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ConnectionsOn Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.…
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ConnectionsThree-quarters of American college professors are adjuncts, according to various recent studies. The Atlantic Monthly framed the issue in terms of a…
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ConnectionsOfficers from New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) are in Rochester. They join us to discuss a range of issues, including school safety; testing; a…
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The union representing about 1,800 Monroe County employees says they have reached a tentative agreement with the county.The Civil Service Employees…
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Graduate students, faculty and union officials gathered on the Wilson Quad at the University of Rochester on Wednesday to say that the graduate assistants…