Local 371 Leader Questions Claim Cuts Are Spurred By Budget Woes
The Administration for Children’s Services laid off 329 workers Sept. 25, when a deal expired between the city and public employee unions that prevented layoffs for permanent workers for three months.
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Book Chronicles Union’s Rise
By RICHARD STEIER
Back in the 1870s, when city sanitation work was performed under the supervision of the Police Department, the man in charge was Capt. Alexander “Clubber” Williams, Kevin Rice writes in his just-published history of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, “Dignity and Respect.” More...
Upholds Ravitch Appointment
By ARI PAUL
The state Court of Appeals Sept. 22 overturned a lower-court ruling and found that Governor Paterson’s appointment of former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Richard Ravitch to fill a vacancy for Lieutenant Governor was constitutional. More...
Calls for Greater Regulation
By ARI PAUL
Newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wants the economy to go pre-Reagan. And any company that resists has been put on notice. More...
Ex-Detective Given 4-Month Sentence For Perjury Rap