Media Links - July 6, 2010
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Local 100 and members
- Token booth worker beaten trying to stop assault on woman - Daily News
- Tough weekend for transit workers with two attacked and one spat upon - amNewYork
- Brooklyn man indicted for pummeling bus driver Gilberto Davila, could get up to seven years - Daily News
- TWU Presses Albany For Bill to Derail Station Agent Layoffs - The Chief
- Bill that would prevent MTA from firing token clerks stalls, employees back on firing line - Daily News
- Subway workers caught snoozing on the job - NY Post
- 5 Years After TWU Strike, Scab’s Wounds Not Healed: Says He’s Shunned, Denied Rights - The Chief
- Editorial: ‘Pariah’ Earned His Status - The Chief
- Laid-Off Bus Workers May Be Back on Job By End of Summer - The Chief
- Editorial - Bring on the vans: After MTA cuts, city must make fullest possible use of jitneys - Daily News
- Letters To The Editor - Daily News
- Bus Driver Attacker Faces Seven in Prison - Gothamist blog
MTA cutbacks
- MTA Service Cuts Hurt New Yorkers but Do Little to Help MTA Finances - Drum Major Institute blog
- Letters to the editor - Daily News
- Letter to the editor: Able-Ride Services - Newsday
- Letter to the editor: A Transit Tale of Two Cities - NY Times
- Peralta joins the MTA Deniers Club in Albany - 2nd Ave. Sagas
Other MTA
- OMRDD chief quits for new MTA job: Diana Jones Ritter departs agency for disabled to oversee cost cuts at transit authority - Albany Times Union
- The future is hear: MTA - NY Post
- Subway on the Street: The MTA has a simple, not very expensive ticket for improving how the city gets around: Revolutionize the bus. But can even the most sensible ideas get implemented these days? - New York Magazine
- A $10 million communications consolidation plan - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- The people that you meet each day - 2nd Ave. Sagas
Other metro NY transit
Safety and health
- Docs launch 9/11 cancer probe - NY Post
- Senate Hearing On Zadroga Bill Has Unions Optimistic - The Chief
- Letter to the editor: 9/11 Victims Shortchanged - The Chief
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
Transit policy
- Former President Clinton Gushes about BRT, Sustainable Transit [with link to 1.25-min video] - Transportation Nation blog
- Taking Public Transit Might Help You Stay Slim: Leaving car at home, walking to station adds to daily exercise, researchers note - HealthDay News
- On the Map: America’s Shifting Commuting Choices - Brookings Institution
- The State of Metropolitan America: Commuting - Brookings Institution
- What Ever Happened to Public Transportation? - Huffington Post
NY public-sector workers
- Controller John Liu thinks 'not all the contracts,' worth $10 billion, are necessary in new budget - Daily News
- Teachers union like a bad attorney: Mayor Bloomberg after they push to keep failing schools open - Daily News
- CUNY Signs On For Retirement Incentive Offered By State - The Chief
- Planning On A Buyout, Teach? Plan Again, Says Bloomberg - Daily News blog
- Letter to the editor: Still Hoping for a Buyout - The Chief
- Op-Ed - Free teachers from pension: Charter school educator says his retirement plan has more flexibility - Daily News
- Cop, Fire Bill to End Pension ‘Roulette’ Gets Legislature’s Approval - The Chief
- CUNY Security Staff Union Out to Boost Pay, Benefits: Paid Well Below City Officers - The Chief
- 86G disability pension for marathon man: 'Iron man' triathlete on FDNY lung disability - NY Post
- 'Pension' headaches plague city - NY Post
- FOR THE RECORD [Poll shows public critical of municipal workers] - The Chief
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
- Cincinnati pension-cut options dire - Cincinnati Inquirer
- Sides Form Over Threat to Saturday Mail Service - NY Times
Metro NY private-sector workers
- North General hospital heads into bankruptcy: The Harlem medical center is set to file for Chapter 11 today; it owes New York state about $200 million - Crain's NY Business
- Workers Protest North General Hospital Closure - FOX5-TV
- Domestic Workers in New York Win First-Ever Job Protections - Labor Notes blog
Labor union policy and practice
- ATU President Retires; Hanley vs. Heintzman In September Election - The Chief
- Editorial: Won’t Miss ATU Leader - The Chief
- Saunders Squeaks to Win For AFSCME No. 2 Job: In Line to Succeed McEntee - The Chief
- College Faculty Unions Rip Bill Easing Tuition Hikes: Gives SUNY, CUNY Control - The Chief
- SEIU Buys its Own Version of History - Labor Notes blog
- NY State Senate Honors Local 371 Head in Memorial - The Chief
Metro NY politics and economics
- NYS Public Authorities Fail To File Budgets: Rack Up $17 Billion In New Debt - Associated Press
- Albany passes bills helping low-wage workers: Three measures seek to raise prevailing wages for contracted personnel at public utilities, increase penalties for employer who violate labor laws and offer protections for domestic workers - Crain's NY Business
- Budget Finally Passes But Conflict Continues In State Maneuvering: Legislature Beats Paterson To Punch; He Derides Plan As ‘Gimmicky’ - The Chief
- Op-Ed: Albany Leaders Provide Profiles in Porridge - The Chief
National politics and economics