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Thursday, April 05, 2012  Union workers voiced their anger with state lawmakers in downtown Syracuse Thursday.

Monday, February 06, 2012  A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.

Friday, January 27, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a case to raise his staff's pay as the Assembly considers raises for lawmakers and shortly after he froze wages of union workers.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  A strike may be looming at a popular grocery store.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Regional representative of the Public Employees Federation says informal talks have resumed with the Cuomo Administration.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  After a public workers union boldly rejected wage freezes and benefit cuts and Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded by ordering 3,500 layoffs, both sides are returning to negotiations.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  Thousands are back on the job Tuesday while union and company negotiators continue to work on a new contract.

Saturday, August 13, 2011  At the Verizon Building on Thompson Road in DeWitt, union workers remained upbeat on the picket line despite not having a new contract.  Local union spokesperson Chris Ryan said both sides are still actively talking, but so far no significant progress has been made toward a new deal.

Saturday, August 06, 2011  A contract dispute between union workers and Verizon could prompt roughly 45,000 workers along the East Coast to walk to picket line starting at 12:01 am Sunday, including 1,000 workers in Central New York.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Union workers plan informational pickets in Syracuse Dewitt, and Ithaca on Thursday.

Thursday, July 07, 2011  Union workers at Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in Scriba have rejected the final contract offer from Constellation Energy Nuclear Group.