Deal Offers Insurance To Those Who Develop Linked Ailments
A settlement between more than 10,000 workers and the city and its contractors was reached March 11, allowing 9/11 clean-up and recovery workers who became ill due to their time at Ground Zero to obtain compensation.
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They ‘Transcend the Extraordinary’
By MARK TOOR
“This is without a doubt one of the top two awards ceremonies this week,” Mayor Bloomberg said March 9. Two days after the Oscars in Hollywood, he was speaking at the municipal workforce’s version of the Academy Awards, the Sloan Public Service Awards for outstanding city employees. More...
Another Week, Another Gone
By MARK TOOR
The resignation of two State Police Superintendents within a week, both after criticism of the agency’s contacts with a woman who had accused an aide to Governor Paterson of beating her, has dispirited State Troopers, their union leader says. More...
Delegate Body Gets Case Next
By DAVID SIMS
Civil Service Technical Guild President Claude Fort failed to overturn his suspension by board members in court March 10, and is now hoping that the union’s delegate body this week will reverse the decision to remove him from office over his alleged failure to accommodate new officers after a recent election. More...
By ARI PAUL
The Board of Collective Bargaining has ruled that the Department of Transportation wrongfully imposed a new Federally-mandated drug testing procedure for Staten Island Ferry workers without bargaining over its details, a sign of growing tension between the agency and its main maritime union. More...
Officials Begin New Push To Hone CCRB’s Teeth