Yonkers Tribune

CSEA Calls On Legislators To Keep Commitment To Budget Restorations

WHITE PLAINS, NY -- December 7, 2012 -- Officials from CSEA, the largest union representing Westchester County employees, today called on members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators to keep their commitment and restore the 126 county positions slated for elimination when they vote on the amended 2013 county budget later today.

Teamsters Walk off the Job -- Strike at Westchester Recovery Facility

Teamsters Local 813 has called a strike against City Carting of Westchester citing unfair labor practices by the employer.

Some 50 drivers and plant workers walked out of the Westchester Material Recovery Facility, earlier today (Wednesday). The Local 813 workers have been working without a contact for nearly a year.

Macy's Workers Vote to Authorize Strike if Contract Isn't Reached by June 15

Macy's workers rally for a fair contract before the Herald Square store in New York City on June 9, 2011.

New York, NY -- The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), UFCW, announced today that more than 4,000 Macy's workers have authorized their executive board to call a strike in the event that a new contract is not secured by midnight on June 15. Local 1-S of RWDSU represents Macy's workers at the Manhattan flagship store in Herald Square and at three other stores in Parkchester, in The Bronx, Rego Park in Queens, and White Plains, in Westchester County. The Yonkers based store at The Cross County Shopping Center is not affected. This past week Macy's workers at all four of the stores voted unanimously to authorize the strike during membership meetings conducted from June 6th through June 9th.

Scaffold Collapse in Yonkers Proves Fall Protection Saves Lives

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New York, NY -- The March 4, 2011, scaffold collapse that left two construction workers suspended 13 stories above a Yonkers street illustrates that knowing and adhering to fall protection safeguards saves lives, notes the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  Each worker was wearing a personal fall arrest system and attached to a lifeline.  These safeguards prevented them from falling and allowed them to be rescued by the Yonkers Fire Department.

New AFSCME Ads Applaud Passage of Vital Jobs Bill

 

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Washington, DC, August 11, 2010 --  The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO announced today an ad campaign thanking key Democratic members of the House of Representatives for voting to save hundreds of thousands of jobs that were on the chopping block without adding a dime to the deficit.  According to a CNN poll released today, 60% of Americans support the legislation.

BREAKING NEWS: City, Teamsters Reach Agreement to Restore 2-Day Garbage Pick-up

YONKERS, NY, July 16, 2010 -- Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone and Teamsters Local 456 Union President Edward Doyle, Jr. announced a tentative agreement late tonight that will bring back 33 laid off city workers allowing the citywide restoration of two-day per week garbage pick-up for residential customers in Yonkers beginning on Monday, July 19, 2010. 

Newspaper Guild, Time Inc. Agree on New Contract

NEW YORK, NY, July 16, 2010 -- The Newspaper Guild of New York on Friday said it reached a tentative agreement with Time Inc., a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), on a three-year contract that includes pay increases in each year, improvements in job security and gives management more flexibility in the duties that are assigned to its union employees.

SEIU Local 704 to Stage Rally Before Yonkers City Hall

RALLY! 

The Yonkers City Council will be voting in the proposed retirement incentive tonight. 

Be there to show support of the retirement incentive!

5:00 pm

City Hall

This will benefit many union members!

Newspaper Guild of New York Escalates Pressure on Thomson Reuters

June 13, 2012, New York, NY -- On Monday, June 14th, to coincide with Thomson Reuters’ Global Real Estate Summit, the Newspaper Guild of New York Local 31003, CWA will hold a mock summit to highlight the real estate story of a profitable company’s attempt to use New Yorkers’ hard-earned, taxpayer dollars.

Rally Planned at Senator Stewart-Cousins’ Office at 12:00 Noon, Friday, May 14th

 May 12, 2010, Yonkers, NY -- On Friday, May 14, at 12:00 Noon, the Yonkers public sector unions will be hosting a peaceful rally in front of New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins office at 28 Wells Ave., Yonkers. The purpose of this rally is to implore Sen. Stewart-Cousins (pictured) to fight to bring back to Yonkers a fair share of all the tax money that is sent up to Albany. Without Yonkers’ fair share of money, vital services will be cut and public safety will be in jeopardy. Members of the Yonkers Police Benevolent Association, Yonkers Captain’s, Lieutenants, Sergeant’s Association, Yonkers Firefighters Local 628 and UFOA, SEIU, CSEA and AFSCME will be in attendance voicing their concerns. The public is urged to attend.