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April 17, 2009  RSS feed


Unions Rip City Memo Warning of Need For Up to 7,000 Layoffs
Say Pressure Tactic Won't Make Them Buckle On Health Talks, Tier 5
A Bloomberg administration threat April 8 to lay off up to 7,000 city workers unless their unions agree to health and/or pension benefit concessions was denounced as the work of "amateurs" by a key labor leader. "As far as I'm concerned, this is the amateurs, dealing with this in this way," said Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President Harry Nespoli. More...
Unions: Governor's Letter To Staff a Labor Violation
Improper Bargaining Tactic?
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

The two largest state-employee unions last week accused Governor Paterson of committing an improper labor practice after he sent an April 7 letter to their members urging them to lobby the unions to make "modest concessions" as an alternative to layoffs. More...

Charter School Hearing: Battle Lines Stay Drawn
UFT, Council Vs. DOE
By DAVID SIMS

City Council Members and union officials urged caution regarding the Department of Education's rapid expansion of charter schools at a volatile hearing April 6, saying that the city's traditional public schools were being ignored in favor of them. More...

75 Zoo and Aquarium Workers Face Layoffs
102 Others Took Buyouts
By DAVID SIMS

More than 75 city zoo and aquarium workers will be laid off, after more than 100 accepted buyouts, due to budget reductions at the Wildlife Conservation Society, it was announced April 6. More...


DC 37 Cultural Employees' Welfare Fund Runs Short
Members Feel the Pinch
By DAVID SIMS

District Council 37 members and retirees enrolled in the union's cultural welfare fund recently discovered that their benefits were lower than most other DC 37 members because of changes made without consulting local presidents to deal with a shortage of funds. More...


FDNY Gets $1M From Feds, But Won't Avert Firehouse Closings

The Fire Department will receive $1 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant to improve operations at firehouses, but it will not be able to use the money to avert fire company closings. More...


 Editorial
• Mayor's Bait-and-Switch
In releasing a memo from Budget Director Mark Page last week threatening up to 7,000 layoffs as part of a new round of agency budget cuts, Mayor Bloomberg gave the sense that, in tandem with the Citizens Budget Commission, he was playing a dubious game of bait-and-switch. More...
• Governor Crosses a Line
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image 'Unaffordable' Pensions: Unsupportable Rhetoric
Ed Skyler speechifies about how traditional city pensions are unaffordable; Lillian Roberts rails against the city threatening layoffs at the same time that it's spending $9 billion a year on private contractors. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• TWU Bylaw Vote Invalid?
To The Editor: In Ari Paul's April 10 article, "TWU Election Monitor Rejects Protest," it was interesting to note that the Local 100 leadership will finally provide members with actual written notice of their dues-arrears status. One can only conjecture as to why this action would be taken now but not prior to last summer's bylaw referendum. More...
• OPTO Not Tate's Baby
• Brits Out of Local 100
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Buying Annuity Income Guarantee a Bad Idea
Current Pension Topics
I have received many questions about the proposed Tier 5 benefit structure of the various retirement systems of this state and how it will affect current employees. Current employees are members of the retirement system tier that was in place when they were first hired by a public agency. More...
• article has image Your Social Security
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• State Mental Health Therapy Aide Posts
No Experience Needed To Take Written Test For Trainee Positions Starting Salary $28,152; Goes to $31,397 After First Year of Work
The State Office of Mental Health is hiring Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainees, at a starting salary of $28,152, to work in facilities throughout the state. There is no exam fee. Those who pass the written test and are appointed participate in a 12-month traineeship. At the end of that period, salary will increase to $31,397 without further examination. More...
• CITY CERTIFICATIONS
• IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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