Olean man sentenced to 3-9 years for hit-and-run death
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KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
August 27, 2025
OLEAN — An Olean man has been sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for a 2023 hit-and-run incident on Seneca Avenue that resulted in a wom...

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Biden pays off unions with bailout
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 19, 2022
Just because political graft is obvious doesn’t mean it’s any less odious. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a $36 billion bailout for...
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Stop pending train strike in its tracks
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 01, 2022
Amid stubbornly high inflation, a national freight railroad strike is the last thing the nation needs. Supply chain disruptions that have created shor...
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Olean city, firefighters union ink contract
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BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Oct 26, 2022
OLEAN — For the first time in years, all of the city’s unions have had contracts approved. The Olean Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a ...
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Amazon workers reject union bid in Upstate New York
Business, News, NY State News
HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press 
Oct 18, 2022
NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Tuesday, handing a second defeat to the labor group that’s been a...
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Della Pia endorsed for Congress by UAW
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Rick Miller 
Jul 15, 2022
Max Della Pia, the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate in the 23rd Congressional District special election Aug. 23 has been endorsed by Un...
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Second Starbucks near Buffalo votes to unionize
Business, News, Western New York
DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press 
Jan 11, 2022
A second Starbucks store near Buffalo, New York, has voted to unionize, one of a growing number of the coffee chain’s stores seeking to organize worke...
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The future of labor in America
Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS GOLDBERG Tribune News Service 
Apr 12, 2021
And just like that, the effort to organize nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., was defeated. The announcement Friday mornin...
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Wellsville nursing home workers ratify union contract
Allegany County News, Local News, News
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 17, 2021
WELLSVILLE — More than 55 nursing home workers at Highland Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center have voted to ratify their first union contract, endin...
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