Mayor Bloomberg plans to lay off 600 city employees as part of a reduction of 3,000 jobs to help plug a $4-billion budget gap through 2010. "We have prepared for a downturn, but if it turns out to be a meltdown no one has prepared for that," he told reporters at City Hall Nov. 5. More...
United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten had a measured reaction to Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget cuts to education, even as Council of School Supervisors and Administrators President Ernest Logan warned that they could "hinder the progress we have made. More...
For city union leaders who supported his candidacy, Barack Obama's election as President offers a multitude of possible benefits, from creating a more labor-friendly climate nationally to ensuring safer workplaces. More...
Bustling lines snaked around corridors in the United Federation of Teachers headquarters Nov. 4, with buzzing crowds holding printouts of phone lists, making cell phone calls on their own dime for Barack Obama. More...
The members of the two unions representing Emergency Medical Service uniformed responders ratified a contract last week that provides 16.99 percent in wage increases over the course of the 51-month deal and a pilot program experimenting with 12-hour tours in one division. More...
Row upon row of police officers lined the pews of the Riverside Church Nov. 6 to bid farewell to an NYPD narcotics officer who died serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan where he lived out a childhood dream of being a real-life GI Joe. More...
The real America spoke on Election Day. That America, as opposed to the more-narrow one that Sarah Palin was addressing, by a solid majority elected Barack Obama to be its first black President. Beyond the historic implications of that vote, it figures to have a tangible impact for New York's residents and state and local government. More...
For Faye Moore, who first heard Barack Obama speak seven years ago at a conference in Chicago, last week's election meant a dream deferred had come to life more vividly than she could have hoped. More...
On Dec. 7, 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt was in his ninth year as President and the Great Depression was in its 12th year, with no end in sight. It took our entry into World War II, on Dec. 8, 1941, to get us back on track to economic recovery and sustained prosperity. After all, we needed to make bullets in order to defend ourselves. More...
Salary $37G to $49G, Depending on Title; March Written Test; Need Bachelor's Degree; Administrative, Analyst, Personnel Openings
The state Department of Civil Service is hiring aspiring managers to work in entry-level professional positions in various state agencies across New York. The salary range for applicants who take the Professional Careers Test is $37,437 to $49,391 for those hired after April 1, 2009. There is a $30 filing fee for the written test, which will be held on March 7, 2009. More...
Judge Restores TWU's Dues-Collection Right Via Employee Checks