By ARI PAUL
Emergency Medical Service workers are entitled to bargain on their own rather than being bound by a contract for primarily civilian employees, the state's highest court ruled last week, upholding laws that granted them uniformed status.
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By MEREDITH KOLODNER
About 1,000 members of Local 376 of District Council 37 last week began receiving an average of $90,000 each in back pay and hikes averaging nearly 50 percent in their hourly wage after the union proved its members were being paid far below the prevailing wage. More...
24 Receive Medals
By REUVEN BLAU
When Police Officer Robert Burns approached a man dressed in army fatigues accused of threatening to kill another person, he didn't expect it would change his life forever. "We went over and we spoke to the home-owner who was threatened," Officer Burns recalled after receiving the Medal for Valor... More...
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
The State Assembly last week passed legislation that would make it illegal for employers to force nurses to work overtime. Labor leaders are optimistic about the measure's chances in the Senate, and Governor Spitzer has expressed support for the idea of limiting mandatory overtime for nurses. The... More...
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