Buffalo & Niagara County Building Trades

03/30/2026

Thank you WNY Labor Today for the great story on the 64 th Annual Variety Kids Telethon and Organized Labors involvement with it !!!


WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo Central Labor Council AFL-CIO
Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282

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03/19/2026

Carpenters Local 276 WNY , U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters and the Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282 Love the Variety Kids !!!
We can not express our gratitude for ALL of Organized Labor for their contributions and Support !!!



WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Central Labor Council AFL-CIO

03/17/2026

Variety Kids Telethon is this weekend and ALL of Organized Labor is out raising funds for these Kids !!!
It has been a crazy few weeks but well worth all the effort !!!



WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY
New York State AFL-CIO

03/16/2026

The UAW Local 774 , Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY and the New York State Police Loves Variety Kids !!!
THIS is Organized Labors BIGGEST Fund Raiser here in WNY !!!
Private, Public and Building Trades ALL coming together to raise funds for these Kids !!!


IUPAT DC 4 of WNY & CNY
WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY

03/13/2026

Thank you Local 1342 Union and Ironworkers Local 6 for their Support and Donations !!!



WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch # 3 Buffalo/WNY
WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Local No. 6 Buffalo
Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Central Labor Council AFL-CIO
New York State AFL-CIO
North America's Building Trades Unions

03/10/2026

It's Variety Kids Telethon time !!!
Thank you to the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers SMART Local 71 and IUOE Local 17 for your donations and Support !!!
This is all about Private, Public and Building Trades coming together for 1 cause



WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch # 3 Buffalo/WNY

WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo

Buffalo Laborers Local 210
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17
Roofers local 74 Buffalo, NY

03/05/2026

It's Variety Kids Telethon season ✊✊✊
Thank you International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 for your donation and Support ✊✊✊



WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Local 815
Prenatal Perinatal Network- BPPN
WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo
WBBZ TV | Buffalo's Buzz
Variety - the Children's Charity of Buffalo & WNY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo

LIUNA Local 210 Buffalo NY
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
U.A. Local 22 Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters Local 276 WNY
SMART Local 71
IUOE Local 17

02/13/2026

The 64th Annual Variety Kid’s Telethon is on March 21st and 22nd !!!
President of Variety Buffalo & WNY and Labor Chairman Tony Vaccaro from Teamsters Local 264 along with Labor Co-Chair William Mayer from IUPAT DC 4 of WNY & CNY officially kicked off the telethon at the Buffalo Central Labor Council AFL-CIO delegates meeting earlier this week with the Celebrity Child Sully Mettille and his Mom Claire.
Raffle Tickets, Magnets and Hard Hat Stickers are on Sale NOW !!!
See the pics for more info on how to purchase them !!!
EVERYTHING MUST GO because this is ALL for !!!
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