Others Dispute Charge Of Conflict, Note Ex-MTA CEO Signed Off
A new controversy regarding the Transport Workers Union Local 100 contract award arose last week after it was revealed that the arbitrator who issued the decision submitted a bill for $400,000 and asked that his $115,000 fee be given to Local 100’s Widows and Orphans Fund.
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By TOMMY HALLISSEY
An off-duty Detective Oct. 30 was charged with driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after he ran over and killed a woman that morning in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx. More...
500 Facing Layoff
By DAVID SIMS
More than 500 School Aides again face the imminent threat of layoffs despite winning a temporary injunction against them because their union, District Council 37 Local 372, declined to post a bond of $779,087 to cover the Department of Education’s potential losses while the court case proceeds. More...
Kept in Dark on Key Data
By DAVID SIMS
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ administratorship of District Council 37’s scandal-ridden College Assistants Local 2054 is ignoring members, attempting to hand-pick new leadership and doing nothing to investigate past misdeeds, Vice President Linda Bowman protested at a membership meeting Oct. 26. More...
By ARI PAUL
Service Employees International Union Local 246 is calling for the city to reconsider using the hand-scanner system of clocking employees in and out of work, claiming that it could lead to the spread of the H1N1 flu. More...
Uphold Withdrawal Of Parole for Cop-Killer After Family Objects