Less-Confrontational Tate To Head Slate That Broadens Support
When Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint took on the job of vice president for strategic planning at the local's parent union in November, he said he would retain his title but leave most of the business of the union to Curtis Tate, vice president for the Rapid Transit Operations Division.
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Probes of Cause Continue
By DAVID SIMS
The City Council passed a bill Jan. 28 authorizing the continuation of health coverage for the family of Gennaro Montello, the Sewage Treatment Worker killed in an industrial accident three weeks earlier, as the president of his union spoke of the pain and guilt that his members were feeling in the aftermath of his death. More...
Unions Pan Budget Plan
By ARI PAUL and DAVID SIMS
Trying to salvage a budget crippled by continually falling tax revenues as a result of the global financial crisis, Mayor Bloomberg Jan. 30 proposed cutting 23,000 jobs through layoffs and attrition, with as many as 15,000 of the layoffs affecting Teachers and other Department of Education workers. More...
Cites Lack of Short-Term Savings
By RICHARD STEIER
The new head of the State Senate's Civil Service and Pensions Committee said Jan. 27 that she and her Assembly counterpart will try to derail a bill that would impose inferior pension plans on future state and city workers. State Sen. More...
By DAVID SIMS
United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten slammed the Mayor's proposal to lay off more than 15,000 educators as part of his new budget, saying that the move made "virtually all of our first-, second- and third-year Teachers pawns in this political battle. More...
CWA Local 1181 Election: Incumbent Draws Barbs