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July 11, 2008
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Fire Officers, Sergeants Make Deals to Hike Top Salary by 3.5%; Influenced by LBA Accord Keeping Parity with PBA with Fewer Givebacks
By RICHARD STEIER
The Uniformed Fire Officers Association and the Sergeants Benevolent Association last week reached tentative agreements with the Bloomberg administration that will increase maximum pay for their members by 3.5 percent. The deals came the week after a similar accord was entered into by the Lieuten... More...
Laud 1,000 New Cops For 'Character' to Join Finest; 'Part of An Historic Battle'
By MIA GOLDBERG

The crowd outside Madison Square Garden snaked around the block and spilled into the streets as family, friends and colleagues lined up to attend the July 2 graduation ceremony for the 1,013 newest members of the Police Department, where their boss praised them for choosing to protect and serve. More...

A Firefighter Counseling Group Fights to Survive; Need Still High, Funding Isn't
By ARI PAUL

Friends of the Firefighters volunteer and retired Firefighter Tony Catapano believes that getting a firefighter to seek professional counseling to ameliorate the emotional stress of the job is harder than it might sound. More...


Deutsche Bank Demo: Safety Upgraded But No End in Sight
By ARI PAUL

Fire and worker-safety protocols in the demolition of the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan, where two Firefighters were killed in a fire last August, have been dramatically overhauled, officials from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the primary contractors said during a pub... More...


Ex-Local 100 VP Pushing Private Lines Breakaway; To Join Another TWU Local
By ARI PAUL

The lack of either a contract or a pension settlement has spurred a former Transport Workers Union Local 100 Private Lines Division vice president into advocating that the division leave the union and affiliate with another TWU local. More...


Kings County Fires 6 In Reaction to Patient Death; Tape Shows Gross Negligence
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

Six employees of Kings County Hospital - including the head of its psychiatric unit - were fired last week after a video was released showing that a patient who had waited nearly 24 hours to be seen collapsed on the hospital floor and was left convulsing on the ground for an hour while hospital ... More...


 Editorial
•Horrifying Hospital Failure
The callousness amounting to negligence that may have contributed to the death of a psychiatric patient at Kings County Hospital has prompted the justified firing of six employees - including the head of the psychiatric unit and the hospital's security director. More...
•Finding Balance on Parity
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: In Albany Race, Labor May Vote Incumbent
For some union officials, Joe Bruno's stepping down as State Senate Majority Leader two weeks ago simplifies decisions about their strategy for the November elections, when Democratic prospects to take control of the Legislature's upper house seem particularly strong. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Vote No on TWU Bylaws
To the Editor: Voting by mail on Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint's 16 bylaw amendments compounds his reign of corruption, as it violates Union Bylaw XXII which mandates, "Bylaws may be amended by ... More...
•Left Drags Down Obama
•Obama's Military Options
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: How to Get Ready For A Smooth Retirement
Here is some more useful information taken from the Web site of the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York. How do I prepare for the retirement process? If you are contemplating retiring soon, you may be wondering how to begin. More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•VERBATIM REPORTER JOB OPEN THROUGHOUT STATE
Starting Pay is $45G; Posts in 3 Boroughs, L.I. and Westchester; Need 2 Years' Experience Or Training to Qualify To Take Exam
The New York State Division of Parole and the state Workers' Compensation Board are looking to fill Verbatim Reporter 1 positions on an ongoing basis in areas including Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Harlem, Hauppauge, Hempstead, Jamaica, Peekskill, Rochester and Syracuse. More...
•CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•In the Public Service ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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