Claiming that a recent referendum on a change to the local union bylaws was improperly administered, likely Transport Workers Union Local 100 presidential candidate John Samuelsen has asked the union's international to overturn a slew of bylaw amendments.
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By TOMMY HALLISSEY
The Civil Service Employees Association has won a $3.6-million class-action lawsuit stemming from charges that Westchester County unilaterally and illegally diminished the health-insurance benefits of retired workers. The union filed suit in 2004 on behalf of 1,600 retired members who lost benefits between January 1993 and May 2004. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
Mayor Bloomberg Aug. 14 praised the hard work, courage and dedication of a Sanitation Worker who died of a heart attack on the job three days earlier. Nelson Diaz, 60, died slumped over the wheel of his garbage truck while driving the same Bronx route he tended for the last 15 years. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A pregnant Traffic Enforcement Agent gave birth to a baby boy Aug. 14 just before dying of injuries sustained when two vehicles hit her while she was on duty in The Bronx. At about 2 p.m. Donnette Sanz, 33, was walking at the corner of East 188th St. and Webster Ave. when a 1986 Dodge van struck her. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A retired Correction Officer is asking the New York City Employees Retirement System to reconsider his application for a disability retirement because he suffered a heart attack after 20 years of stress and starchy prison food. More...
Dismiss HA Union Official's Beef Agency Played Politics; Cited Transfers Prior to Vote