Media Links - June 30, 2010
Local 100 and members
- State Senate bill derails MTA's plans to lay off any more booth clerks or subway conductors - Daily News
- 'If it weren't for the cameras, I would kick your a--', angry rider told bus driver before attack - Daily News
- Punching A Bus Driver Not Nice Way To Cope With MTA Cuts - Gothamist blog
- Recalling [Marc Kagan,] a Union Brother Who Is Kagan’s Brother - NY Times
MTA operations
- Sick customers and a fire snarl subways, not service cuts - amNewYork
- A Ghost of Transit Past (as in Last Week) - NY Times blog
MTA cutbacks and vans
- Even after cease-and-desist letter from DOT, Joel Azumah vows to motor on with private buses - Daily News
- Azumah gets to the core - Cap’n Transit Rides Again blog
- Subway, bus cuts strand many in Queens - Queens Courier
- RIP – Little Neck Parkway Q79 Bus - Queens Courier
Other MTA
- MTA borrows $600 million amid budget woes: The MTA will issue bonds backed by transportation revenue as it grapples with an $800 million spending gap - Bloomberg News
- Improving Inspections of NYC Transit Stations - MTA Inspector General
- Newspaper Deal is Big Secret at MTA [with link to 2.75-min video] - WPIX-TV
- Standing tall is dangerous in NY transit system - Metro New York
- The high-priced origins of the Chrystie St. Cut - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- Georgi Vodka's bikini ads prove to be too sexy for MTA's Brooklyn buses - Daily News
Other metro NY transit
TWU international and other locals
- In San Francisco, Transit Rally's Speakers Say Solution To Muni's Woes Lies In Federal Funding [with link to slide show] - SF Appeal blog
- TWU throws out tentative agreement covering American Airlines ground workers - Dallas Morning News
Safety and health
- How Long Will My Family Be Covered Under Cobra? - NY Times blog
- New Mine and Workplace Safety Legislation on Horizon - AFL-CIO blog
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- RMT’s Bob Crow calls for “generalised strikes and community direct action” to resist ConDem Government assault on jobs, living standards and public services - RMT
- RMT boss issues a 'call to arms' - BBC News
- Strike halts Madrid subway again - Associated Press
NY public-sector workers
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
Metro NY private-sector workers
Metro NY politics and economics
National politics and economics