Bertolone & Wirt Discuss the School Modernization Project
[10/26/2007] - For more than a year and half, organized labor, particularly building trades unions, have worked with our state Legislature delegation to bring important dollars to the City School District. Now, under plans in the works, those funds not only will finance school buildings but also help students learn a trade, enabling them to build better lives. The Facilities Modernization bill, sponsored by Assemblyman David Gantt, D-Rochester, and passed earlier this year in Albany, brings the first installment of more than $1 billion for construction and modernization of our school buildings. more

Working Families Can Make America Right, Again
[10/22/2007] - Steve Skara, a disabled, retired steel worker who can't afford his wife's health care, shook the AFL-CIO's Presidential Candidates Forum (last month) by asking tearfully, "What's wrong with America?" We should all be asking that question today. more

Heat & Frost Insulators Local 26 proudly announces our 95th Anniversary
[10/22/2007] - We can take pride in our accomplishments both past and present in the 95 years Local 26 has been a chartered union. This organization began December 9, 1912 by seven insulators better known at that time as "Salamanders" or "Laggers". more