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The Public Employment Relations Board's Director of Conciliation May 22 rejected the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association complaint concerning the list of potential arbitrators and ordered the union and the Bloomberg administration to begin the process of choosing one to help settle their contract dispute. More...
Union, 'Transit' in Accord

New York City Transit and Transport Workers Union Local 100 have agreed on several safety initiatives in light of two recent Track Worker deaths, including having supervisors escort maintenance workers along subway tracks. Cheryl Kennedy, NYC Transit's Vice-President of System Safety, outlined various safety measures to Transit President Howard Roberts in an internal memo. More...

Reports, Receipts Missing

The results of an audit looking at possible misuse of members' dues money by Day Care Workers Local 205 of District Council 1707 are expected by the end of June. The local was put into receivership by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Jan. 31 due to "financial irregularities. More...

Automatic dues check-off for transit workers will be revoked on June 1, and Transport Workers' Union Local 100 is fighting for economic survival. More...


Demand Support in Contract Fight

District Council 1707 Executive Director Raglan George told hundreds of day-care workers assembled outside City Hall last week that they and other city labor leaders needed to step up their support if the union was going to win its contract face-off with Mayor Bloomberg. More...


Adjunct professors at five City University of New York colleges held a series of rallies last week aimed at convincing administrators to pay them for a full week's work in the final days of the semester. About 2,000 adjuncts at the five colleges receive a paycheck that is one-third lower than their regular weekly pay for the 15th week of each semester. More...


Some political opponents of Transport Workers' Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint have sent out flyers urging union members not to voluntarily pay their dues when automatic payroll deduction is suspended June 1. They offer several excuses for not contributing the money that would allow the union to keep functioning. More...
There was a certain sour irony that at virtually the same time on May 21 that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was venting his frustration over both the low starting salaries for cops and the delay in rectifying the problem, More...
To the Editor:
The article about the lack of a democratic election process in Local 372 was excellent (May 18 issue). The 2,000 members who signed the petitions for direct mail-in-ballots to vote for the officers of Local 372 are courageous and desperate for a change in a local which has hindered the votes of members now for 38 years, counting Charlie Hughes's time at the helm. More...
Q.: I just read your article about the New York City Deferred Compensation Plan, in the May 11 issue. I'm a Teacher with the Department of Education for 16 years. More...
Starting Salary $30,705; 1,500 Hirings in '08; Written Test Nov. 3; Need College or Military Duty
Filing has just restarted for an exam leading to Correction Officer jobs, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said. Applications must be submitted by Aug. 15 for the latest round of filing. Individuals who apply by then will be eligible for the Nov. 3 written exam. More...

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