The Syracuse Common Council last week approved a proposal to move the city’s former Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises division under the control of the city’s budget director.
Labor & Employment
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Syracuse University grad students plan vote on union for spring
Syracuse University graduate students will vote on forming a union to represent grad workers this semester.
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Syracuse University graduate student union effort gains support on campus
Members of the university’s Graduate Student Organization, a legislative body representing grad students across SU’s multiple academic programs, voted Wednesday to recognize and support the unionization efforts launched by the Syracuse Graduate Employees United group earlier this month.
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Liverpool Starbucks workers plan union vote
The Route 31 coffee shop would be the first location in Central New York to form a union.
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Next challenge for Centro’s bus rapid transit plan for Syracuse: staffing
BRT is expected to be implemented by 2026.
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Centro makes plans for bus rapid transit system in Syracuse by 2026
Centro will present its plans for BRT to the Common Council on Tuesday.
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Syracuse University grad students hold rally to form union: ‘SU works because we work’
The Syracuse Graduate Employees United would represent more than 1,200 graduate assistants at the university.
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Jail deaths, housing, unionization: Looking back at 2022 in Central New York
Read some of our best journalism from 2022 on the justice and equity beat.
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Labor organizers gather for event in Syracuse as union petitions surge across U.S.
With the steady surge in union organizing at workplaces throughout the country in the last year, New York state labor leaders and scholars gathered at Syracuse University on Monday.
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Starbucks to close Armory Square location months after union efforts, citing safety issues
Starbucks plans to close down its Armory Square location in Syracuse, citing concerns for the safety of workers and customers. The closure comes three months after employees at the store attempted to unionize.
