Just more than half of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 members at New York City Transit have fully paid their dues and have voting rights, according to the latest LM-2 papers released by the U.S. Department of Labor, contrary to union officials' public claims that 80 percent were voluntarily paying dues.
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By REUVEN BLAU
The NYPD's plan to switch from random urine drug exams to hair-sample screenings for all officers has been revived based on a judge's ruling that the issue is a disciplinary matter and not a new department policy. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lottie E. More...
Defense Undercuts Key Witnesses
By RICHARD STEIER
The three Detectives charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell outside a Queens nightclub 17 months ago are unlikely to take the witness stand in their own defense, their union leader said April 7, because it is believed their attorneys have already raised reasonable doubt that they were guilty of wrongdoing. More...
By REUVEN BLAU
On the last workday before the Spitzer sex scandal erupted, the then-Governor nominated a former Patrolmen's Benevolent Association attorney, Rosemary Queenan, to fill the vacant seat on the Public Employment Relations Board. More...
Court Unions Try For Police Status