Labor Silent on TWU Pact
     To the Editor: As a member in good standing of Transport Workers Union Local 100, I must say that I am surprised and shocked at the absolute lack of public response concerning the MTA’s attempt to have a court overturn the recent arbitrator’s award of our contract.
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DC 37 Should Reconsider
     To the Editor: This is just one District Council 37 member’s view on current union matters. From my vantage point, DC 37’s decision to back City Comptroller Bill Thompson for Mayor was/is a major mistake (locals in DC 37 are already defecting to support Bloomberg).
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Excessive Risk At NYCERS
     To the Editor: In the last two years, the value of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System portfolio has dropped by $11.3 billion, a 27-percent loss. As gruesome as these figures are, the real danger is the combination of miserable investment returns and increasing benefit payouts.
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Obama and Socialism
     To the Editor: The term socialist as it is applied to President Obama (Sept. 18 editorial) implies neither a positive nor a negative connotation; it is factual. Each individual citizen needs to determine whether that is a trait that they desire in their President.
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Obama and Racism
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Grand Obstructionist Party
     To the Editor: The only Republican to ever back meaningful health-care reform was President Teddy Roosevelt. Nixon offered a package in 1972 that would have given billions to the insurance industry.
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Bring Back Labor Day
     To the Editor: Over the years, there has been great concern that the power and influence of labor has been decreasing. There are many important battles that the unions need to fight. One of the basic ones might be to have the Labor Day Parade actually occur on Labor Day rather than the Saturday after Labor Day. Maybe then labor will start getting some respect.
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