WASHINGTON - On the heels of abrupt closures of 14 Friendly’s restaurants across Upstate New York, Senator Charles Schumer is urging the federal Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate the manner by which New York workers were let go by the … [Read more...]
Reed Works to Provide Assistance for ConAgra Employees
FREDONIA - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) has announced assistance for ConAgra Foods employees in Dunkirk and Fredonia. According to a release from Reed’s office, help will come in the form of job training, additional unemployment insurance for … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Reed Pushes for Updatind Ag Regulations in Wake of Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON - Chautauqua County’s Congressman is hoping to include some key agricultural reforms in comprehensive immigration reform currently being taken up by Congress. Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) visited a farm in Odessa County on Tuesday … [Read more...]
Labor Department Pulls Controversial Child Labor Proposal
WASHINGTON - The federal Department of Labor has withdrawn a controversial proposal for regulating child labor, a proposal that Farm Bureau leaders feared would alter family farming and deter youths from careers in agriculture. The DOL issued a … [Read more...]
