Past Political Rival Claims Situation Violates TWU Bylaws
Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint has testified that he has gone off its payroll and is already on the full-time staff at its International union, even while continuing to control the local's operation.
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Victims Included CLC, IBEW
By RICHARD STEIER
Brian M. McLaughlin, who once headed the city labor movement, was castigated May 20 as having undermined "the cause of unions and of working people" with his corrupt actions by a Federal judge who sentenced him to 10 years in prison for stealing close to $3 million. More...
COBA Pressured Correction
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
After the Correction Officers Benevolent Association threatened to sue the Department of Correction over its handling of at least 10 cases of swine flu on Rikers Island, the agency May 21 decided to screen all inmates and take other steps to safeguard officers' health. More...
Sanctions Down, Service Better
By ARI PAUL
When Elliot Sander was appointed by then-Governor Spitzer to be CEO and Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 2007, he was expected to use his quarter century of transportation leadership skills and private-sector experience to make over the authority's battered public image. More...