Media Links - July 2, 2010
These links are provided for the information of Local 100 members. Local 100 does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them.
Local 100 and members
- MTA lays off 120 more; hires state commissioner of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities - Daily News
- Closing of Subway Booths Raises Safety Concerns - Gotham Gazette
MTA operations
- Dirt Bike Rider Dies after Colliding with Bus in Queens - Associated Press/1010 WINS
- '1' big subway pain - NY Post
- The maps remain the same - 2nd Ave. sagas
MTA cutbacks
- Bronx Assembleyman Jeffrey Dinowitz wants MTA to help with fare increases caused by bus cuts - Daily News
- Op-Ed by State Sen. Jose Peralta: MTA shouldn't balance budget on backs of riders - YourNabe.com
- Op-Ed by Gene Russianoff: With the MTA, there’s plenty of blame to go around - Brooklyn Paper
- Op-Ed by Jay Walder: The MTA is doing better - Brooklyn Paper
- Bus, subway service cuts slam Queens - Queens Chronicle
- Astoria mourns the passing of trains - Queens Chronicle
Other MTA
- DiNapoli: MTA Not Maximizing Potential Of Real Estate Portfolio - Audit Finds Lax Record-Keeping, Hundreds of Vacancies at MTA-owned Properties - Office of the Comptroller
- MTA Real Estate Portfolio Audit Executive Summary [with link to 46-page document] - Office of the Comptroller
- $2M MTA 'hot spot' rent loss - NY Post
- MTA getting $10M from customer service overhaul - NY Post
- MTA To Save $10M Via Consolidating Functions - Transit Blogger
- DiNapoli: MTA could beef up real estate dollars - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- NY Comptroller: MTA is wasting millions - Associated Press
- N.Y. MTA Reduces Week’s Largest Taxable Sale as Spreads Widen - Bloomberg News
- MTA chief recalls days at Beach Channel HS - YourNabe.com
Other metro NY transit
- NYC Children Die from Injuries at Half the National Rate, [Thanks to New Yorkers’ high reliance on Public Transportation]: Fatal injuries are concentrated in low-income areas; boys, younger children face the greatest risk - NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- City spent nearly $100,000 on car services this year for employees, reports John Liu's Checkbook NYC - Daily News
TWU international and other locals
Safety and health
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- Bus cuts drive Americans back to cars: The BP oil spill may make people reconsider their dependency on cars – but budget cuts are limiting public transport options - Guardian
- Napolitano visits Philly as part of heightened [transit] security campaign - Philadelphia Inquirer
- DC Metro upgrades vending machines for customers to purchase passes, farecards: 100 vending machines upgraded with federal stimulus dollars - WMATA
- In Los Angeles, judge throws out challenge to Metrolink cameras that monitor engineers - Los Angeles Times
Transit policy
- Disappearmarks: Millions in SAFETEA-LU transit earmarks are unspent - Sunlight Foundation
- Public Transit Good for Your Health - Crossroads blog
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
Metro NY private-sector workers
- Co-op City workers ratify contract: 500 porters, handymen, maintenance men, garbage attendants and groundskeepers agree to 4-year deal that includes 5.6% wage hike over the term of the contract - Crain's NY Business
- “Invisible workforce” to get new rights - Albany Watch
Private-sector workers outside metro NY
- Work continues at Ports of LA, Long Beach despite clerical strike - Long Beach Press-Telegram
- Northwest Airlines union seeks vote at Delta - Associated Press
- Striking Chicago operating engineers want talks before Wednesday: IDOT projects OK so far; holiday break was scheduled - Chicago Sun-Times
Labor union policy and practice
- Ron Heintzman Named ATU President - AFL-CIO blog
- Lee Saunders Elected AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer - AFSCME
- Why Are the LGBT and Immigration Movements Vibrant as the Labor Movement Dies? - Huffington Post
National politics and economics