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State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
The Construction and General Laborers’ Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 633, will conduct recruitment from May 21, 2008 through May 20, 2009 for 10 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith ann...
The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 210, will conduct recruitment from May 19, 2008 through April 30, 2009 for 15 roofer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patr...
The Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 106, will conduct recruitment from May 14, 2008 through April 15, 2009 for five operating engineer (universal equipment) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia S...
Youth across New York State will soon benefit from a $2 million internship grant program, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. This new internship program, overseen by the New York State Department of Labor, will serve more...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith will be holding a press conference with Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings and Albany County Executive Michael Breslin to announce $2 million to serve more than 1,800 youth across New York State though internsh...
The New York State Department of Labor, in cooperation with the Asian Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC), will co-sponsor the Asian Job Fair on Wednesday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel Flushing Center, 13...
The Buffalo Laborers’ Joint Apprenticeship Committee will conduct recruitment on May 6 and August 5, 2008 for 10 construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be availabl...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering free safety training seminars to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism ...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering free safety training seminars across New York State to employers and workers in the ho...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s Division of Safety and Health On-Site Consultation Program is offering a free safety training seminar to employers and workers in the hospitality and tourism...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today that investigations have uncovered sizable wage underpayments owed to baggers at two supermarkets. Fine Fair Supermarket, located at 29-01 Mermaid Avenue in Brooklyn, has agreed to pay mo...
The Plasterers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 9, will conduct recruitment from April 23 through October 23, 2008 for 5 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be available at the local, ...
New York State’s private sector job count decreased over the month by 1,100, or less than 0.1 percent, to 7,266,300 (seasonally adjusted) in March 2008, the State Labor Department reported today. Since the beginning of New York’s current economic...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced the State Department of Labor, in partnership with the Office of General Services, the Times Union, CBS-6, JAMZ 96.3, and the City of Albany, will co-sponsor the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
The Roofers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of the Capital District, Local 241, will conduct recruitment for eight apprentices from May 2, 2008 through April 4, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications w...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the Ironworkers of Albany and Vicinity, Local 12, will conduct recruitment from May 2, 2008 through April 3, 2009 for four ironworker (outside) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announce...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers, Local 8, will conduct recruitment on April 18 for six apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications c...
The International Union of Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 15, will open recruitment from April 16 through April 30, 2008 for five operating engineer (heavy equipment) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smi...
The Plumbers and Steamfitters Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster Counties, Local 21, will conduct recruitment from April 14 through April 30 for 6 plumber/steamfitter and 20 refrigeration/air conditioning me...
The New York State Department of Labor will co-sponsor the Niagara County Job Fair on Wednesday, April 16 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Summit Mall – 6929 Williams Rd., Wheatfield, NY. The event is free to job seekers. Industries represe...
The Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Locals 40 and 361, will open recruitment on April 17 for 100 structural ironworker (outside) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be obtained...
The Electricians Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Syracuse, Local 43, will conduct recruitment from April 9, 2008 through March 11, 2009 for 25 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be ob...
The Electricians Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Syracuse, Local 43, will conduct recruitment from April 9, 2008 through March 11, 2009 for 25 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be ob...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith and Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Zachary S. Weiss announced that investigators from both agencies raided the Arthur Avenue Bakery in the Bronx at 9 p.m. April 3, 2008 in response to complaints from w...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today that the department has cited Alan R. Jones and CARJ Holding Company, Ltd., owners of Beaux Visages salon located at 579 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, New York, for unpaid wages of $11,12...
The Cement Masons Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 111, will conduct recruitment from April 3 through October 2, 2008 for 10 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be available at the loc...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 7, will conduct recruitment from April 4, 2008 through March 6, 2009 for four skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner...
The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 1, will conduct recruitment from March 28 through June 27, 2008 for 20 bricklayer-mason apprentices and 10 pointer-caulker-cleaner apprentices, 10 plasterer...
The Roofers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Western New York, Local 74, will conduct recruitment from April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009 for 25 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applicat...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for Ironworkers, Local 60, will conduct recruitment from April 1, 2008 through March 3, 2009 for 10 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be available at ...
The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 138, will conduct recruitment from April 1 through September 30, 2008 for 10 operating engineer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be ...
New York State’s private sector job count decreased over the month by 6,800, or 0.1 percent, to 7,268,700 (seasonally adjusted) in February 2008, the State Labor Department reported today. Since the beginning of New York’s current economic expans...
The United Derrickman and Riggers Association, Local 197, will open recruitment from March 31 through April 4, 2008 for 30 iron worker (stone derrickman and rigger) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applic...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Niagara County Electrical Construction Industry, Local 237, will conduct recruitment from March 26, 2008 through March 25, 2009 for eight electrician and four house/residential electrician a...
The Electricians Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Elmira, Local 139, will conduct recruitment from March 28, 2008 through February 27, 2009 for six apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be o...
The Syracuse Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 30, will conduct recruitment from March 26 through November 26, 2008 for four insulation and asbestos worker apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M...
The Tile, Marble and Terrazzo Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 7, will conduct recruitment on March 21 through October, 11, 2008 State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. A total of six applicants will be accep...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today joined state legislative and union leaders to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, which led to the tragic death of 146 garment workers. At a ceremony at the Em...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that she will join Assemblywoman Susan John, and State Senators Serphin Maltese and Joseph Robach at a ceremony to honor the memory of the nearly 150 garment workers who died in the Triang...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that she will join Assemblywoman Susan John, and State Senators Serphin Maltese and Joseph Robach at a ceremony to honor the memory of the nearly 150 garment workers who died in the Triang...
The Rochester Laborers’ Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 435, will conduct recruitment for 12 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices from March 6 through May 1, 2008, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Appl...
The Iron Workers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Niagara County, Local 9, will conduct recruitment from March 5, 2008 through March 4, 2009 for 10 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be a...
The New York State Department of Labor released newly revised jobs data today. It is available in press release format at the "NYS Department of Labor web site.":http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/PressReleases/pruistat.htm -30-
Today, New York State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in Washington, DC. Commissioner Smith’s testimony offered New York State’s strong support for Senator E...
The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 3 (Rochester Chapter), will conduct apprentice recruitment from March 6, 2008 through February 5, 2009 for 1 bricklayer/mason apprentice, 1 tile, marble an...
The Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 71, will conduct recruitment from March 6, 2008 through February 27, 2009 for 10 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be availab...
The Westchester-Fairfield Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Committee, IBEW Local 3, will open recruitment from March 3 through March 17, 2008 for 50 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be o...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today that the 9/11 Worker Protection Task Force has issued an Interim Report outlining their recommendations for evaluating disabilities related to the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC). T...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, will conduct recruitment from March 5, 2008 through February 18, 2009 for 40 electrician apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia...
The Iron Workers Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 33, will conduct recruitment for 25 apprentices from March 4, 2008 through March 3, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will be available at the...
The Laborers International Union of North America, Local 17, will conduct recruitment from March 4 through August 5, 2008 for 20 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applica...
The Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Syracuse, Local 58, will conduct recruitment for 20 apprentices from March 3, 2008 through March 2, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications will b...
The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 30, will conduct recruitment on March 6 and March 7 for 50 stationary engineer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications can be obtained at the lo...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the Laborers Union, Local 731, will open recruitment on March 11, 2008 for 45 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications wil...
The Westchester and Putnam Counties Construction Craft Laborers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 60, will open recruitment from February 25 through 29 for 15 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today...
The New York State Department of Labor will hold a Rapid Response Information Session on Thursday, February 21 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Watervliet Elks Club, 501 4th Avenue, Watervliet for workers who were laid off from Tech Valley Printing. ...
The Laborers International Union of North America Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 589, will conduct recruitment from February 28, 2008 through January 22, 2009 for three skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissione...
The Plumbers and Steamfitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 267, will conduct recruitment from February 27, 2008 through April 23, 2008 for seven pipefitter apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced tod...
The Laborers Joint Training and Apprentice Fund of South Central New York, Local 1358, will conduct recruitment from February 27, 2008 through January 28, 2009 for two skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Pat...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Construction and General Building Laborers, Local 79, will hold recruitment from February 25 through February 27 for 250 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices, State Labor Commission...
The New York State Department of Labor will hold a Rapid Response Information Session on Thursday, February 21 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Watervliet Elks Club, 501 4th Avenue, Watervliet for impacted workers from Tech Valley Printing. Represen...
The Roofers Local 203 Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Binghamton Area II, will conduct recruitment from February 11, 2008 through February 6, 2009 for four apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Application...
The International Union of Elevator Constructors Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 35, will conduct recruitment from February 19 through February 21, 2008 for 10 elevator/escalator constructor and modernizer apprentices, the State...
The Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 112, will conduct apprentice recruitment from February 20, 2008 through January 21, 2009 for three apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. ...
The Geneva Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry, Local 840, will conduct recruitment from February 13, 2008 through January 14, 2009 for 10 electrician apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia ...
The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, Local 26, will conduct recruitment from February 14, 2008 through January 8, 2009 for 10 insulation and asbestos worker apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patrici...
MEDIA ADVISORY State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announces initial results of Governor Spitzer’s Joint Enforcement Task Force on Worker Misclassification. Task Force finds millions of dollars in unreported wages with thousands of...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announces initial results of Governor Spitzer’s Joint Enforcement Task Force on Worker Misclassification. Task Force finds millions of dollars in unreported wages, with thousands of workers paid off the ...
The Roofers Local 203 Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Binghamton Area I, will conduct recruitment from February 11, 2008 through February 6, 2009 for two apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications ...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Buffalo), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 6, 2009 for three or more applicants for appren...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Ithaca), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 14, 2009 for three apprentices in the painter, d...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Buffalo), will conduct recruitment on February 5, 2008 through January 14, 2009 for three or more applicants for apprent...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Rochester), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 7, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Syracuse), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 14, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia...
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 4 (Oswego), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 14, 2009 for three painter, decorator, paperhang...
The New York State Labor Department today announced that M&S Striping, Inc. of Elmira is barred from bidding on or being awarded public work contracts for five years because of repeated willful violations of the prevailing wage laws. The depar...
The New York State Labor Department today announced that MK Painting, Inc. of Wyandott, MI is barred from bidding on or being awarded public work contracts for five years for violating the prevailing wage laws by submitting falsified payroll recor...
The Sheet Metal Workers’ Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 46, will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through January 6, 2009 for 15 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applicatio...
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the Plumbers and Steamfitters of Western New York, Local 22 (Zones A, B, and C), will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through February 3, 2009 for three plumber and three steamfitter apprentices, S...
The Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 289, will conduct recruitment from February 5, 2008 through February 3, 2009 for 10 carpenter apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smit...
The Boilermakers Northeastern Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 175, will conduct recruitment from February 5 through December 2, 2008 for eight boilermaker (construction) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today...
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith today announced that the Department of Labor’s efforts to prosecute Unemployment Insurance (UI) fraud led to 369 convictions throughout New York State in 2007, with overpayments in these cases totaling mo...
New York State’s private sector job count decreased over the month by 3,500, or less than 0.1 percent, to 7,226,200 (seasonally adjusted) in December 2007, the State Labor Department reported today. Since the beginning of New York’s current econo...
The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Local 40, will conduct recruitment from February 4, 2008 through February 2, 2009 for six apprentices, the State Labor Department announced today. Applications c...
The Rochester Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 86, will conduct recruitment from February 6, 2008 through January 29, 2009 for 20 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applicatio...
The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Region 4 (Rochester), will conduct recruitment for 30 carpenter apprentices from February 19, 2008 through January, 20, 2009, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Appl...
The Northeastern Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Outside Electrical Industry will conduct recruitment for 10-20 electrical (outside) line worker apprentices from January 21, 2008 through January 23, 2009, State Labor Commission...