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It pays to leave Congress: Democrat who resigned mid-term is getting a $131,000 pay bump to run a performing arts center

Wed, 04/10/2024 - 13:21

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Former Rep. Brian Higgins at an event in Buffalo, New York in 2022. — Former Rep. Brian Higgins resigned from Congress two months ago after accepting a job as the president of a local performing arts center.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

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NY wants to force Pepsi, Frito-Lay to clean up discarded plastic bottles and food wrappers, alleging that 'irresponsible packaging' is polluting river

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 15:57

Pepsi bottles are displayed for sale in a Rite-Aid in Los Angeles — PepsiCo is the single largest contributor to plastic waste contaminating the Buffalo River, a lawsuit alleges.
Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Retail, plastics, microplastics, PepsiCo, frito-lay, new-york, Buffalo

A fire department clerk in Buffalo reportedly was paid more than $500K over 7 years – even though she didn't show up for work and actually had a second job

Fri, 09/15/2023 - 15:45

Man working back to camera — Jill Repman, not pictured here, reportedly received more than $500,000 while on administrative leave from her clerk job and got a second salary from another job, Investigative Post reports.
Lorenzo Capunata/Getty Images

Careers, Payroll, second-job, Overemployed, fake-work, Buffalo

Buffalo Starbucks workers helped spark the chain's labor union movement. Now, one of the stores has filed to decertify its union.

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 07:50

A person wearing a plaid shirt and hoodie holds a megaphone as another person wearing a hoodie and a Starbucks Workers United t-shirt walks behind her outside of a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York. — In Buffalo, New York, one of the first Starbucks stores to vote to unionize filed a petition to decertify its union.
LINDSAY DEDARIO/Reuters

Retail, News, Starbucks, restaurant, Unions, labor, Organized Labor

I moved my family from NYC to the suburbs. We're finally able to live in a spacious home and have zero regrets.

Wed, 04/19/2023 - 11:18

Jordan Frey and his wife — Jordan Frey moved to Buffalo three years ago.
Jordan Frey

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Starbucks fired the worker who led unionization movement, just days after former CEO grilled by Congress

Sun, 04/02/2023 - 12:19

Starbucks Workers United tweeted a GoFundMe for Alexis Rizzo Saturday. — Starbucks Workers United tweeted a GoFundMe for Alexis Rizzo Saturday.
Twitter/Screenshot

Retail, Starbucks, Unions, Fired, Bernie Sanders, Buffalo

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