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October 19, 2007
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New Correction Tab for Illegal Strip-Searches; Policy Shift Spurred By $50M Payout Not Enacted
By REUVEN BLAU
The Correction Department is reviewing why the agency failed to implement a policy to stop strip-searching nonviolent offenders, despite a 2002 court settlement that cost the city $50 million for similar searches. More...
DC 37 Bids to End Lower Starting Pay;
Wage Talks Begin
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

District Council 37 officials were expected to ask for a four-year contract with at least four-percent raises annually and the elimination of reduced starting salaries for new hires when they met with city negotiators on Oct. 16, according to union sources and documents. More...

Captains' President Faces a Challenge;
Richter Takes on Driscoll
By REUVEN BLAU

For the first time since 2000, there will be a contested election for the presidency of the Captains Endowment Association, with longtime union leader John F. Driscoll being challenged by Roy Richter, the commanding officer of the NYPD's License Division. More...


Ban TWU VP Over $15 In Unpaid Dues; Toussaint Foe Denies Arrears, Charges Bar is Political
By ARI PAUL

Transport Workers Union of America President James C. Little is seeking the removal of International Vice President Ainsley Stewart for allegedly not paying his dues, a move Mr. Stewart charged was unjustified and an improper political favor to Local 100 President Roger Toussaint. More...


FDNY Chief's 'Out of Bounds';
Rips Critics at Memorial Service
By ARI PAUL

Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy Oct. 11 called on Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano to apologize for using the department's 100th Annual Memorial Service a day earlier to attack his union critics. More...


A Month Late, TWU Seeks To Replenish Dues
By ARI PAUL

Transport Workers Union Local 100 has petitioned for reinstatement of automatic dues check-off, a right it surrendered June 1 as a penalty for the 2005 transit strike, the union announced Oct. 6. "On October 4, our lawyers filed papers in Kings County Supreme Court," the union announced in a stat... More...


 Editorial
•TWU'S PETTY, PETTY CASH
Top Transport Workers Union officials are giving new meaning to the phrase "petty cash" with their bid to remove Ainsley Stewart as a vice president of TWU Local 100 for allegedly owing $15.50 in dues. Mr. Stewart, who ran against Local 100 President Roger Toussaint last December, denies he is in... More...
•JAIL SEARCHES COST AGAIN
•MEMORIAL NO PLACE TO VENT
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Can Rudy Outrun His Past?
For some time now, two of the more compelling questions surrounding Rudy Giuliani's bid for President have involved whether he could win the Republican nomination, and if he didn't, would it be for the right or the wrong reasons? More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: CSEA a Paper Tiger at Table
To the Editor: The big Albany secret that the Civil Service Employees Association does not want the public or its members to know is that the number of state employees it represents has dropped by close to 20,000 in recent years. More...
•THOMPSON AND ISRAEL
•POLITICALLY INCORRECT
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Can Maximize Contributions
Q.: My son is a photography instructor at a community college in the Midwest. He participates in his employer's 403(b) Plan. Additionally, his self-employed photography business has done exceptionally well this year and he plans on establishing a Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP). More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•COLLECTING AGENT JOB FILING THROUGH OCT. 23
Starting Pay Is $17 an Hour; Need Experience; No Written, Practical Test; Posts Offered At NYC Transit
Filing for an evaluation leading to Collecting Agent jobs at New York City Transit is open until Oct. 23, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said. The starting salary is $17.31 an hour, which rises in increments to $24.73 an hour after four years. There is no written or practical ... More...
•Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•Apply Now For City's Graduate Scholar Course
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