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The Correction Department is looking to shift the majority of its officers into steady tours to enhance accountability, stabilize staff schedules, and enable the agency to expand its plan to deploy personnel in larger jails. More...

The Fire Department will extend its filing period for the upcoming Firefighter exam by three weeks - through Nov. 3 - in an effort to increase its minority and other applicants, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said at an Oct. 16 press conference. More...

Police experts and union officials last week said they were concerned that only 13 percent of the 4,934 officers who took the latest Sergeant exam passed it. More...


A 28-year-old firefighter who was ejected from a moving fire truck May 2 was the victim of a faulty latch mechanism that could exist in up to 95 percent of the Fire Department's nearly 200 Seagrave pumpers, the Uniformed Firefighters' Association charged at a press conference last week. More...


The Fire Department's 99th Memorial Service flooded Riverside Drive with a familiar autumn sight Oct. 11 - thousands of white-gloved firefighters wearing dark blue jackets turned out to pay homage to members who died over the past year. More...


An Albany judge has ruled that New York State Troopers are entitled to legal and union counsel during critical incident review interviews. More...


In a decision that top labor leaders called "illogical and unprecedented," the National Labor Relations Board ruled Oct. 3 that full-time charge nurses should be considered supervisors, making them ineligible for union protections under Federal law. More...


China, a country that is notorious for permitting abusive conditions in workplaces, is on the verge of implementing a law to give unions more meaningful collectivebargaining rights and provide protection against both safety hazards and layoffs to employees. More...
Roy Commer had just told the jury hearing his suit to regain his membership in the Civil Service Technical Guild about a group formed eight years ago to root out corruption within District Council 37 when the opposing counsel, Barry Levy, strenuously objected to a follow-up question about the wrongd More...
To the Editor: Ainsley Stewart used thousands of words in the Oct. 13 Chief to try to hide his own record. It would take a whole newspaper to answer all of his outlandish claims, but then nobody would read it all. Maybe that's what he wants. More...
Up until the mid-1960s, public higher-education employees in the United States were members, like all employees of state and local governments, of publicly administered Defined Benefit pension plans. This all changed when the unions representing higher-education employees lobbied their various state More...
Child Protective, Fire Dispatcher Jobs Also Open; Car Insp. Pays $25 An Hour; Filing Ends Oct. 24
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services is accepting applications until Oct. 24 for an exam leading to Car Inspector jobs a New York City Transit. More...

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