City reaches pact with union
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 19, 2013
Tags: AFSCME Local 1635, City of Rochester, Collective Bargaining Agreement, union
The city of Rochester has reached a precedent-setting five-year collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local 1635. The contract was ratified by union members Thursday. It will provide for a 2 percent wage increase during the first two years. There is a retroactive provision in the first year to July 1, 2012, when the previous contract [...]
Judge asks Hostess to mediate with union
By The Associated Press
POSTED: November 19, 2012
Tags: Hostess, mediate, Twinkies, union
Twinkies won’t die that easily after all. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the company won’t go out of business just yet. The news came Monday after Hostess moved to liquidate and sell off its assets in bankruptcy court citing a crippling [...]
MVP Health Care adopts labor policy
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: corporate policy, MVP Health Care, union
MVP Health Care announces a corporate policy to promote the purchasing of goods and services from vendors that employ or buy products made with union labor. The policy also affirms buying American-made goods and services. “Our experience shows that buying through contractors that employ unionized labor means higher quality products and services delivered on time [...]
Probation officers win suit over free speech rights
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: First Amendment, free speech rights, Probation Officers, union
Four Monroe County probation officers have won relief in their protracted federal legal battle against two government unions for violating their First Amendment rights. The four officers, led by David Scheffer, filed the suit with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys. The probation officers sued the Civil Service Employees Association and [...]
Fourth Department — Union: Mercone v. Monroe County Deputy Sheriffs’ Assoc. Inc. 
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 13, 2012
Tags: Appellate Division, fair representation, Fourth Department, statute of limitations, union
Appellate Division, Fourth Department Union Fair Representation — Statute of Limitations Mercone v. Monroe County Deputy Sheriffs’ Assoc. Inc. CA 11-01179 Appealed from Supreme Court, Monroe County Background: The plaintiff, a former deputy sheriff, was discharged by letter dated Dec. 15, 2004. Pursuant to the union’s collective bargaining agreement, the sheriff and the defendant union [...]
New rule requires union rights posters at work
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 25, 2011
Tags: posters, rights, the National Labor Relations Board, union
The National Labor Relations Board has approved a new rule that requires private employers to display posters that tell workers about their right to form a union.
Players vote to OK deal to end NFL lockout
By The Associated Press
POSTED: July 25, 2011
Tags: football, lockout over, NFL lockout, player vote, union
WASHINGTON — Now it can be said with certainty: Get ready for some football! NFL players voted to OK a final deal Monday, days after the owners approved a tentative agreement, and the sides finally managed to put an end to the 4½-month lockout, the longest work stoppage in league history.
Buffalo teachers’ cosmetic surgery tab: $9M
By The Associated Press
POSTED: October 28, 2010
Tags: Buffalo public schools, cosmetic surgery, finances, teachers, union
BUFFALO — The state-appointed authority overseeing Buffalo public school finances says taxpayer-covered comestic surgery rung up by the city’s teachers totaled nearly $9 million in 2009.
NY leaders push to get Mott’s owners to settle
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 27, 2010
Tags: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Mott's, strike, union
New York’s two U.S. senators and several U.S. House representatives are urging Dr Pepper Snapple Group, owners of the Wayne County Mott’s plant, to resume negotiations with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union …
Apple growers will cross picket line
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: August 3, 2010
Tags: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Local 220 RWDSU, New York Apple Association, union, Williamson Mott's plant
Apple growers are hoping a strike at the Williamson Mott’s plant in Wayne County doesn’t interfere with the harvest season. New York Apple Association President Jim Allen has sent a letter to both sides …
Mott’s workers go on strike
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2010
Tags: Mott's apple juice plant, strike, union
WILLIAMSON — About 300 workers at a Mott’s apple juice plant in Western New York have gone on strike over proposed wage and benefit reductions.
Gov calls for furloughs of 100K state workers
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 4, 2010
Tags: furloughs, Gov. David Paterson, state workers, union
ALBANY — About 100,000 unionized state workers will start getting a day of unpaid furlough each week under a plan announced Tuesday by Gov. David Paterson.
