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THE CHIEF-LEADER welcomes letters from its readers for publication. To the Editor: Buried inside Ainsley Stewart%27s book-length letter last week was the preposterous assertion that the post-strike transit settlement was worth many millions less than the offer on the table before the strike. This is so false and so destructive that it must be answered. To accept it More ... To the Editor: The recent elementary school antics of the TWU Local 100 executive board only show how far this union has drifted from the rule of law and the democratic standard of majority rule. More ... To the Editor: Despite what he%27s been saying while dragging his feet all these weeks, TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint actually wanted PERB to order binding arbitration. After weeks of using union staffers and resources to try to scare the living day lights out of his own members, he neede More ... To the Editor: The effort by TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint to re-do the vote on a contract that was rejected by the membership is an outrageous attack upon the essential basis of democracy, which is majority rules. More ... To the Editor: It is not my intention to characterize the TWU Local 100 strike from the legalistic, formal, or technical point of view. Some tried to give it a racial coloratura, but we notice and praise the fact that the structure of New York City Transit work force corresponds to the melting pot More ... To the Editor: The Department of Education has recently announced that 80 percent of students mandated to attend after-school tutoring, as part of the new contract with the Teachers%27 union, are actually doing so. Bravo! Most of these students and their teachers agree with the DOE that the program More ... To the Editor: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to provide equality in accommodations, not just for people of color but also people with disabilities. This was underscored by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). More ... Letters to the Editor RSS feed |
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