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Salute to Civil Service Organization Month
July 4, 2008
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NYPD Lieutenants Get 3.5% Hike in Top Pay Retro to October '06; Need 3 Years in Rank To Qualify; Regain Parity With Minor Giveups
By RICHARD STEIER
The Lieutenants Benevolent Association and the Bloomberg administration reached a deal last week under which maximum salary for that union's members will be increased by 3.5 percent, retroactive to Oct. 8, 2006. More...
PSC Wins 10% Hike, More Full-Time Staff Under Pact; Added Raises in Key Areas
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

The Professional Staff Congress has reached a tentative three-year contract with the City University of New York that provides raises of 3.15 percent the first year, 4 percent the second year, and 3 percent the third year, as well as benefits including parental leave and added salary increases for... More...

How Taylor Law Took Root; PERB Chair Helped Create It
By RICHARD STEIER

Jerome Lefkowitz's appearance at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations June 24 was billed as a discussion on "The State of Public-Sector Collective Bargaining in New York," but the Chairman of the Public Employment Relations Board turned it into a history lesson - one in which he p... More...


Budget Deal Boosts School Aid, Gives HA Some Help; Infusion Follows Test Gains
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn June 26 agreed to a new city budget that includes the restoration of $129 million to classrooms that the Mayor proposed cutting two months earlier. The $59 billion city budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 also restores $18 milli... More...


Transit Cleaners Claim TWU's Out of Service; Say Problems Go Unaddressed
By ARI PAUL

The bathroom for transit workers at the Crescent St. station on the J line in Queens has been out of service for a month, leaving workers to get on a train to another station, and Norman Winston Pou, a Station Agent and Transport Workers Union Local 100 safety rep, believes the situation results f... More...


TWU Internal Battle On Ending Grievance Over Flagging Shift
By ARI PAUL

A Transport Workers Union Local 100 official is threatening bylaw charges and possible legal action against his union because it withdrew a grievance he filed over what he believed was a New York City Transit violation of Track Division seniority rights. More...


 Editorial
•ATU Stain Not Wiped Away
The sentencing of Sal Battaglia, the former president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, to 57 months in Federal prison closes a sordid chapter in the history of the mob-riddled school-bus union. But it also leaves several questions unanswered. Mr. More...
•PSC: Small But Key Strides
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Lieutenant Deal Shines A Light for Others
The deal between the Lieutenants Benevolent Association and the Bloomberg administration that was announced June 27 essentially signals other uniformed unions that the coast is clear to maintain salary parity with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association without sacrificing your first-born - and al... More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: '372' Members' Lost Chance
To the Editor: Once again the "comatose giant" known as the members of Local 372 let Veronica Montgomery-Costa steal another three years of life from this union. What a disgraceful showing, further proving Costa's failure as a union leader. More...
•Enough of E-Z Pass Ed
•'Guild' Leader Divisive
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Post Retirement Earnings: Best to Know Your Limits
I have recently taken calls from two retired Teachers who got caught up in taking jobs in the public sector for too much money. Many apparently think they will not be caught. But if you are, you will pay back the money you should not have earned (excess earnings) either to your employer or to the ... More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•CHILD PROTECTIVE JOBS ARE OFFERED WITH ACS
Start at $39,568, Go To $42,972 After Six Months in Post; Need Bachelor's Degree With 24 Credits In Related Area
The Administration for Children's Services is accepting applications for Child Protective Specialist jobs on an ongoing basis. The starting salary is $39,568, goes to $42,972 after 6 months, and then to $45,822 after 18 months. Employees are also eligible for overtime earnings and night-different... More...
•CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•Apprentice Carpenter Jobs to Open July 1
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