Workers Center of Central New York

It’s been two weeks since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided Nutrition Bar Confectioners, removing dozens of workers.

Advocacy groups for immigrant farm workers petitioned the Farm Bureau at the New York State Fair. They call for protection from deportation threats, better access to health, housing, better wages.

They want to put $500 million into a program that would help workers who lose their job and don’t qualify for typical unemployment insurance.

Governor Kathy Hochul's Chief Judge nominee doesn't have the votes and the City of Syracuse is grappling with the death of a young girl due to gun violence. Read more of the WAER News Round-Up to catch up on the week's news.

Advocacy groups across the state are proposing $500 million for an Unemployment Bridge Program that would run parallel to the NY's unemployment insurance system

Syracuse-area immigrants and their allies are joining a nationwide effort calling on a federal pathway to citizenship and other relief for undocumented…

Farm workers from across central New York today called on the state legislature to provide them enforceable workplace standards and protections from…

Farmworkers in Central New York and across the state are claiming victory after a state appellate court ruled Thursday that they have a constitutionally…

Protestors across the nation and here in Syracuse are calling on Congress to end the separation of children from parents among people at the border and…

Getting a disease because of occupational hazards or even killed on the job happens more often than you may think. A Workers Memorial Day gathering was…