Media Links - September 1, 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 cutbacks, budget and funding
- UTU Says Job Cuts On Long Island Railroad Would Undermine Commuter Service And Security - Workers Independent News
- Is the Subway Due for a LIRR-Style Meltdown? - Wall Street Journal
- 'It looks a lot better today'; Riders happy to have their trains running on schedule; But union members, MTA clash over proposed cutbacks (paid subscription required) - Newsday
Other MTA
- Mocker: There's Always More to MTA's Money Stories [links to 2-min video] - WPIX-TV
- MTA Plan for Camera-Equipped Subway Cars [links to 1.75-min video] - WNYW-TV
- New NYC Subway Cars to Get Security Cameras: More than 300 subway cars will be outfitted with surveillance cameras in about five years - DNAinfo blog
- An Open Letter to All Long Island Rail Road Customers - MTA office of the CEO
- Trendy Shops in the Subway - MTA press office
- Related Cos. Moves Closer to Paying Rent on West Side Rail Yards - NY Observer blog
- Above Ground, a 2nd Ave. Subway Plan Attracts Critics (free registration required) - NY Times
- Train-stealing fanatic Darius McCollum arrested for 27th time - and this time, it's a bus - Daily News
- Man Stabbed In Brooklyn Subway Station [links to 20-sec video] - New York 1
- Kenneth Daube's MTA Ride: Smithtown man rose from bus driver to MTA vice president - Smithtown Patch blog
Other metro NY transit
TWU international and other locals
- We Call on UPS to Do the Right Thing - Transport Workers Union
- World action day backs Turkish UPS workers - International Transport Workers' Federation
- San Francisco eliminates free parking for Muni employees - KGO-TV
- TWU: No American Airlines strike in our immediate future - Dallas Morning News
Safety and health
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- Editorial: Baltimore Red Line's light rail service may be expensive, but that's doesn't make a touted rapid bus alternative more cost effective - Baltimore Sun
- In Ohio, Metro plans no service cuts, fare increases - Cincinnati Enquirer
- In Iowa, Metro Area Transit is now the ‘Metro’ - Daily Nonpareil
- LA MTA criticized for idle $46M turnstile system [links to 1.75-min video] - KABC-TV
- In LA, Boxer renews commitment to Villaraigosa's 30/10 transit plan - Los Angeles Times
- Talks to be held to avert London Underground strikes - BBC News
NY public-sector workers
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
- Under law, Detroit Mayor Bing could make union take pay cut: Fact-finder sides with city - Detroit Free Press
- South Africa state workers' verdict looms, strike widens - Reuters
Metro NY private-sector workers
- Domestic Workers Make History In New York - Labor Notes blog
- NYS domestic workers get labor protections under new law - Albany Watch
Private-sector workers outside metro NY
Labor union policy and practice
- Op-Ed: No holiday for labor unions (free registration required) - Washington Post
- What LIUNA’s Return to AFL-CIO Means for Federation’s Building Trade Unions - In These Times blog
National politics and economics
- Op-Ed: A deserted feeling in working-class America (free registration required) - Washington Post
- New Job Means Lower Wages for Many (free registration required) - NY Times
- Obama to appear at Labor Day rally with AFL-CIO president - The Hill blog
- Race to the Bottom: Putting the Brakes on Neoliberal Economics - CounterPunch
- Putting People Back to Work: How Would You Spend a Trillion Dollars? – CounterPunch