Move Underscores 3.15% Hike As '05 Pattern
Mayor Bloomberg has given city managers an extra 1-percent raise retroactive to July 1, 2004, and granted them a 3.15-percent pay increase effective July 1, 2005.
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Fiery and Controversial
By RICHARD STEIER
James Butler, who served for 30 years as the fiery and often-controversial president of Hospital Workers Local 420 of District Council 37 before his high salary and questionable spending led members to vote him out of office three years ago, died last week at age 72. More...
Bill Considers Locals Independent; Mayor Likely to Veto
By RICHARD STEIER
The City Council Nov. 16 overwhelmingly approved a bill that would overturn the Campaign Finance Board’s restriction on political contributions that makes a union local ineligible to give to a candidate who has already received the maximum contribution from that local’s parent uni More...
Workers Urge Improvements
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
Transport Workers%27 Union Local 100 held informational pickets Nov. 15 to mark the beginning of a 30day countdown to the end of contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. More...
Deny $125M In First-Responder Funds to City