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Labor Offers Perspective on Tax Policy at New York State Senate Hearing

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:27:09 -0400

This morning, New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento testified at a joint hearing on existing tax policy and reform initiatives held by the New York State Senate Committee on Finance and the Committee on Investigations and Government Opera...

NYS AFL-CIO Endorses Victor Pichardo in the 86th Assembly District

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:17:43 -0400

Today, the New York State AFL-CIO, which represents 2.5 million union members, retirees, and their families, announced that it has endorsed Victor Pichardo in the special election for the 86th Assembly District on Tuesday, September 10th.

Start Up NY is a Bad Deal for New Yorkers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:01 -0400

Today, unions representing workers all across the state panned Start Up NY (formerly Tax Free NY) as bad policy that lacks any semblance of basic fairness. Among the provisions included in Start Up NY is a misguided exemption from state income ta...

New York State AFL-CIO Calls for Enactment of the Long Overdue Safe Patient Handling Act

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:39:05 -0400

The following statement was issued by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento:

Stepping Out To Cure Scleroderma - Tri State Inc. Chapter's Annual Walk - Sunday, June 2nd at Crossgates Mall

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:00:46 -0400

The Scleroderma Foundation / Tri-State, Inc. Chapter will be holding its tenth annual Albany, N.Y. Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma walk at Crossgates Mall on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Registration and check-in start at 6:30 p.m. and the walk begins a...

Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma -Tri-State Chapter's Annual Walk - Sunday, June 2nd at Crossgates Mall

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:47:44 -0400

Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma at the Scleroderma Foundation / Tri-State, Inc. Chapter's annual walk Sunday, June 2 at Crossgates Mall in Albany

Community & Labor Leaders, Advocates Honor Workers Killed on the Job During Superstorm Sandy, Push for Reform

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:40:48 -0400

Community and labor leaders and workplace safety advocates will gather at the parking garage where an attendant drowned during Superstorm Sandy.

Increases in Unemployment Insurance and Minimum Wage Highlight Labor's Success in the State Budget

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:21:25 -0400

The following statement was issued by Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL-CIO:

Community & Labor Rally in NYC on Sunday to Protect Saturday Mail Delivery and Strengthen the Postal Service

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:07:29 -0400

The Postal Service's plan to downsize and end six-day service is an attack on the future of this great institution, on the customers who need it and on the employees who support it. Many Americans – especially small business owners and senior cit...

Statement by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento on NYSUT Property Tax Cap Lawsuit

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:21:09 -0500

The property tax cap has done nothing but tie the hands of school districts at the exact wrong time. NYSUT's decision to challenge the imposition of our state's undemocratic and arbitrary cap should be welcome news to students, parents and the gen...

Statement by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento on the Assembly's Amended Minimum Wage Proposal

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:44:57 -0500

Last year, Speaker Silver and the Assembly Majority led the way by introducing and passing legislation to raise the minimum wage and provide for indexation. Now as momentum builds with an increase included in the Governor's budget, the Assembly i...

School Bus Strike – A Crisis of the City's Making

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:24:38 -0500

Statement by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento:

City Hall School Bus Flip Flop – City was for EPP in bids before they were against it

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:52:44 -0500

The following joint statement was released by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento and New York City Central Labor Council President Vincent Alvarez:

Statement by New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento on Governor Cuomo's State of the State Address

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:10:06 -0500

Governor Cuomo's commitment to boosting the state's stagnant unemployment benefit is welcome news to working men and women throughout the state. We commend him for recognizing this long term inequity and for his passionate call to address it this ...

Faith, Community, and Labor Demand that SUNY Downstate Medical Center Remain a Full Service Public Hospital

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:49:25 -0500

Hundreds of workers, community advocates, and members of several faith communities from Brooklyn and throughout the state joined together at a rally at the Legislative Office Building to protect SUNY Downstate Medical Center and maintain the essen...

Faith, Community, and Labor Join Together to Keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center a Full Service Public Hospital

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:03:37 -0500

Vital services at SUNY Downstate Medical Center are being threatened by proposals to downsize, privatize, and/or convert the hospital to an outpatient facility. Faith, community, and labor organizations are joining together to fight back against...

Statement by NYS AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento on Senate Passage of Superstorm Sandy Emergency Relief

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:44:52 -0500

The Labor Movement thanks and congratulates Governor Cuomo and Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for their hard work in marshalling emergency relief funding through the Senate for communities impacted by Superstorm Sandy. It was not easy, but the S...

Lillian Roberts re-elected for a fifth term as Executive Director of District Council 37, AFSCME

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:11:15 -0500

LILLIAN ROBERTS was re-elected, unanimously and unopposed, to a fifth term as Executive Director of District Council 37, the city's largest municipal employee union representing 121,000 members and 50,000 retirees, at a meeting of the DC 37 Delega...

AFL-CIO Report: Over 3 Million New Yorkers Could Be Harmed By Lame Duck Cuts to Social Security

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:12:02 -0500

www.aflcio.org/content/download/57661/820001/file/NY.pdf

Working Families are the Winners in the General Election

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:54:00 -0500

More union members than ever volunteered in campaigns coordinated by the New York State AFL-CIO. Throughout the state, union members spoke with their co-workers, knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors, and most of all made sure their voice was...

Statement by NYS AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento on the Public Policy Institute's Workers' Compensation Report

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:25:17 -0400

We can never lose sight of the fact that the Workers' Compensation system was created to protect injured workers whose employers often shirked responsibility for their care. Calls to retreat from the 2007 reforms thereby allowing benefits to lang...

Working Men and Women Keep Us Safe and Keep New York Running

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:54:57 -0400

As New Yorkers ready for a severe and potentially dangerous storm, we should be mindful of the efforts of the hard working men and women that are preparing for its impact and those that will respond when it arrives. We're hopeful that preparation...

Shinagawa in Striking Distance of Congressman Reed in New Poll - Correction

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:31:37 -0400

Correction: A prior version of this press release incorrectly indicated that the poll was conducted by Public Policy Poling.

NYS AFL-CIO Statement on Effort to Reverse the Sequestration of Funds for 9/11 World Trade Center Victims

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:14:04 -0400

New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento released the following statement on the effort to reverse the threatened "sequestration" of funds for 9/11 World Trade Center victims

New York State AFL-CIO Releases Poll Showing Sean Patrick Maloney Tied With Congresswoman Nan Hayworth

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:15:42 -0400

Today, the New York State AFL-CIO released the results of a poll it commissioned in New York's 18th Congressional District that shows Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney tied with incumbent Republican Nan Hayworth. The poll, which was conducted by Publ...