Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Around 100 workers at Sodexo Group in Buffalo have ratified a new 3-year contract that raised pay by more than 13%. Negotiations had been ongoing since February but escalated last month when employees staged a "march on the boss". Sodexo provides cleaning and sanitization services to Sisters of Charity Hospital.
The Buffalo Wing Festival is moving off of Labor Day Weekend next year, instead happening a week earlier on August 29th and 30th. The change was caused by a conflict with the Bisons' schedule. Founder Drew Cerza says the date change is a positive. The festival will stay at Sahlen Field.
BryLin Hospital is marking its 70th anniversary this year and recently held a celebration for employees where every staff member received a commemorative gift. BryLin began as a small facility at the corner of Bryan and Linwood before moving to its current home on Delaware.
Joseph Ciesielski Jr. has been named principal of Frontier High School. He was previously the assistant principal at a school in Cleveland and CEO & principal of Elmwood Village Charter School in Buffalo.
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