Letters to the Editor: Ignoring the Positive in TWU
      To the Editor: Your paper's recent reporting on TWU Local 100 seems a bit skewed to me. Your reports on shop stewards waiting months to pay their union dues after automatic check-off's suspension, and paying only when their union positions are put at risk,
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DEBT OWED TO LYNCH
      To the Editor: I know that most if not all of the uniformed unions have it in for the PBA for past transgressions. Stop and think for a moment. This round of bargaining produced some pretty good terms. The reason for these good terms is because the city wanted to lock in the PBA and they were willing to be a little more generous than usual to accomplish this.
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GANGING UP ON ISRAEL
      To the Editor: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts." These words from the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan accurately depict the opinionated, not fact-filled letter from Larry Adams, Marty Goodman, et. al. in the Oct. 19th issue of The Chief.
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A CALL FOR DIALOGUE
      To the Editor: As a Jewish trade unionist who supports the just struggle of the Palestinian people and the boycott of Israel, I object to the hypocrisy inherent in the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) President Stuart Appelbaum's statements, as quoted in your Sept. 7 issue.
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DUCKING WTC BLAME
To the Editor:
      The City of New York and Contractors of 9/11 have expressed interest in negotiating a total aggregate settlement with sick and dying first-responders who were exposed to toxic air at the World Trade Center. This settlement will offer a certain amount of money and the city and contractors will walk away without answering questions about their negligence and lies.
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MARRIED TO THE MOB
      To the Editor: What bothers me most about the Lindley DeVecchio corruption case (the former FBI agent now on trial in Brooklyn for murder) is the number of former FBI agents who strongly support this defendant, including James Kallstrom, the state's senior counter-terrorism expert and Joseph Pistone (of "Donnie Brasco" fame).
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