Letters to the Editor: TWU's Woes Aren't Over
To the Editor:
      As a transit worker for over 20 years, I have never seen my union, Transport Workers' Union Local 100, in such a sorry state. In our recent bitter union elections, Roger Toussaint won a "deserved" re-election as president with less than 50 percent of the vote. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for...
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FAIR, NOT SPECIAL
To the Editor:
      In regard to the Jan. 12 letter alleging "special treatment" for a Hasidic Jewish Police Officer who is given Saturdays off for religious observance, as a proud member of the FDNY for 31 years, I worked every Christmas and Easter for my Christian brethren.
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RAISE COPS' TOP PAY
To the Editor:
      Police Commissioner Ray Kelly laments that the reason for the inability of the NYPD to meet the needed number of recruits is because of the starting pay. I will be the first to admit that 25K is a bad joke, considering what cops are required to do. But let me make this perfectly clear, and every co...
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