ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – A GM worker chucks wood into the fire barrel on the picket line as a Monday Night Football game blares from an iPhone. Workers huddle to protect themselves from the cold as they watch the game.  “It’s bone-chilling cold,” says Brendan Green, a middle-aged African-American worker

Folks,  Its appear that we have gotten New York Governor Andrew Cuomo all shook up. Today, the Albany Times-Union followed up on our scoop that Cuomo was sitting on a bill that would grant unemployment benefits to 3,400 striking GM workers.  Cuomo’s senior advisor and spokesman Rich Azzopardi

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — In some labor-friendly states like Connecticut and New Jersey, workers are eligible for unemployment insurance when they go on strike. However, in New York, workers are only eligible to apply for unemployment after they’ve already been on strike for seven weeks.  In June, though, the New

We’re Back! On the road that is… Mike Elk and I back in Rochester, NY and we’re committed to covering this til the end. This means we’ll be pumping out videos, photos, and news stories here and on our twitter accounts. Follow me at @Zdroberts and Mike