By MEREDITH KOLODNER
The Governor's 9/11 Task Force made seven recommendations that would give significant assistance to sick Ground Zero workers seeking treatment, but an eighth proposal was blocked by the city, according to union officials, that could have mitigated the years of delays that currently plague most 9/1...
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By REUVEN BLAU
After more than four years of failed negotiations, an Office of Collective Bargaining mediator has resoundingly rejected the Detective Investigators Association's argument that its members should be included in the city's uniformed wage pattern, despite members' classification by the state as unif... More...
Squeezed by FDNY for 'Coke' Positive
By REUVEN BLAU
For decorated Firefighter John Schroeder, joining the FDNY was more than just a logical career choice. "My dad worked on the 157th Truck Company and my grandfather was a Chief on the job," he said last week. Mr. Schroeder spent his first eight years as the hose man at Engine Co. 224 in Brooklyn.... More...
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
The Bloomberg administration has reduced the sick and annual leave days for a group of city workers who last year won a 46-percent pay hike after years of court battles. The city unilaterally cut the paid sick days of Supervisor Highway Repairers from 12 to seven and the annual leave days from a ... More...
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