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March 9, 2007  RSS feed


State Deal Will Boost Workers' Comp Payments; Maximum Benefit To Rise to $650 By 2009
Governor Spitzer joined with legislative leaders and State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes Feb. 27 to announce a landmark agreement that will overhaul New York's Workers' Compensation system, while raising the maximum weekly benefit from $400 to $500 later this year, progressing to $650 by 2009. More...
UFA Gets 8% Hike, $35G Starting Pay;
Bonus for Elite Units
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

The Uniformed Firefighters' Association announced a tentative contract deal with the city March 2 that would give union members raises totaling 8.16 percent over two years and increase first-year salaries by $4,200, to $35,000. It would raise maximum salary to $68,475 as of Aug. 1, up from the current $63,309. The agreement would be retroactive to last Aug. 1 and would run until July 31, 2008. More...

Claims Scapegoating Of Health Sanitarian;
In Taco Bell Case
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

A union activist last week accused the media of unfairly attacking the new Public Health Sanitarian who inspected the Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell Feb. 22 found to be infested with rats. Screaming headlines Feb. 23 attacked the "dumb" inspector who failed to close the fast-food restaurant after cameras captured rats running through the store. More...

Unions Try To Push Alcoholism 'Out of Closet'; Confidential Help And Paid Coverage Key To Successes
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Rock bottom for Don Perks came in the late 1980s, when his longtime drinking habit nearly cost him his job, his family, and his life in a drunk-driving accident. Frightened and depressed, Mr. Perks, a member of Steamfitters' Local 638 in Long Island City, reached out to Mickey Diamond, head of the union's then-groundbreaking substance-abuse rehabilitation program. More...


Remembering Rikers Rescue;
Saved 81 After Plane Crash
By REUVEN BLAU

Three relatives of the victims and the survivors of a plane crash on Rikers Island 50 years ago gently placed a flower wreath near the site of the accident as a lone bagpiper concluded the memorial ceremony on Feb. 27. The crash, which has largely been forgotten, changed the life of Ricky Rosich. More...


 Editorial
• WHAT THE UFA DEAL MEANS
The Uniformed Firefighters' Association contract agreement announced last Friday night immediately triggered speculation about how it might affect the Bloomberg administration's deadlocked talks with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. The answer, at least for the moment, appears to be: not at all. More...
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image Razzle Dazzle: A Show Worth Emulating
The two-man show staged by Mario Cuomo and Newt Gingrich at Cooper Union Feb. 28 was intended as both an homage to Abraham Lincoln's speech at the same site that launched his run for the Presidency in 1860 and as a prod to the current crop of candidates to engage in a serious dialogue rather than a series of sound-bites. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor: Comp Bill Aids Insurers Most
To the Editor:
When the robber barons ruled over the New York State Legislature in the 1800s, Mark Twain wrote that: "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe as long as the legislature is in session." Robber barons such as Andrew Carnegie or John D. More...
• COMP DEAL A SELLOUT
• REBUTTING '237' SPIN
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
Five years ago, the Ticket to Work program was launched to help people with disabilities go to work. Since then, more than 150,000 people who get Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits have used their Tickets to obtain free vocational rehabilitation, job training and other support services. More...
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• CITY LIFEGUARD JOBS FOR BEACHES, POOLS
Need 400 New Workers; Pays $11.72 an Hour; Must Pass Swimming And Vision Test, Training Course
The Parks Department is testing for hundreds of Lifeguard jobs available at city beaches and pools this summer. The city plans to recruit and train 1,200 Lifeguards in time for the summer season, which begins Memorial Day weekend. Many of the positions will be filled with returning personnel, but the city is still looking to hire approximately 400 new Lifeguards. More...
• 245 City Park Worker Posts Now Available
• Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
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