WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO

08/26/2026

Congratulations to our siblings at IATSE Local 10 for securing a contract at the Buffalo Convention Center. Solidarity is our greatest strength, and when we stand together we WIN! 🎭✊🏼

A Historic Day for IATSE Local 10! We finally have a contract with the Buffalo Convention Center after over 3 decades!

08/25/2026

🚨🚨Union Job Fair & Back To School Giveaway!
A New Year Of Opportunity for The Entire Family.

✅Saturday, August 29, 2026
⌚9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
📍East High School
📍820 Northampton Street, Buffalo, NY 14211

Sponsored by: Erie County Legislator Lawrence Dupre &
Buffalo Central Labor Council | 1199SEIU | Healthcare Education Project!

Building Trades Apprenticeship Programs, Job Recruiters in Healthcare, Government, Service Work, Auto, Steel, Education and more!

🚨Free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts & braids for the kids!

👉🏾Do you want to donate supplies? Items can be dropped off at 2421 Main St, Suite 100, Buffalo, NY 14214 from Monday-Friday between 9AM-5PM.

08/25/2026

Rest in power, Dolly. 💔🦋✊🏻

Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration.

Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.

08/11/2026

07/25/2026

Every single worker deserves the same paid sick leave as Mitch McConnell.

41 days and counting...

07/16/2026

Sign the petition! 📝👉🏼 6 years without a contract. 80 members lost. And more than $40 Million sitting in reserves while workers make sub-minimum wages. FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

SUPPORT THE WORKERS WHO SUPPORT STUDENTS SUNY Erie administrators have been working without a new contract for six years. These are the workers who help keep the College operating every day — supporting Admissions, Financial Aid, Registration, Athletics, Student Affairs, Workforce Development, Gra...

07/10/2026

UPDATE, 7/10: A win is a win. 💪 Following widespread backlash — including SAG-AFTRA's call for members to opt out — Meta has withdrawn the feature. Read more here: https://deadline.com/2026/07/meta-removes-muse-image-ai-feature-backlash-1236979605/

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

07/09/2026

We're proud to stand with NYSUT and public school supporters across the state in calling on Governor Hochul to say NO to Trump's voucher scheme!

A coalition of more than 60 New York organizations spanning labor unions, civil rights groups, education associations, parent organizations, and civic groups has united in opposition to New York's participation in President Trump’s taxpayer-funded private school voucher scheme.

The federal voucher program — part of the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law by Trump — takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, but only in states where the governor affirmatively opts in. Several Democratic governors have already declined to participate. The coalition is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to reject the program in New York.

Learn more: nysut.org/news/2026/july/media-release-coalition

07/04/2026

250 years in pursuit of a more perfect union. If it's a fight they want, it's a revolution they'll get! ✊🏽🇺🇸📜🪶🎇

America is union made, and working people make our country strong.

Happy 250th Independence Day from America’s unions!

07/02/2026

WNY Labor stands against bigotry and the politicians who use it to divide the working class. Congressman Nick Langworthy and Rep. Claudia Tenney should be ashamed of the racist attacks they've made and the illegal actions they encouraged—but we know they have no shame. Racism, fascism, and all forms of bigotry have no place in our movement or our country.