Media Links - September 3, 2010
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MTA cutbacks, substitute services, budget and funding
Other MTA
- Suspects sought in subway slashing - WABC.com
- The art of styling the subways: Slow down and look around - amNewYork
- Searching for political will for subway expansion - 2nd Ave. Sagas
Other metro NY transit
- Paterson Signs Smart Growth Act; Now Comes the Hard Part - Streetsblog
- NJTransit bows to pressure from Daily News, slashes $2.75 penalty to go from Penn to Newark Airport - Daily News
- I have stolen 150 city buses (and lots of trains), boasts mass-transit menace Darius McCollum - Daily News
TWU international and other locals
Safety and health
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- London Underground Strikes to Begin From Next Week After Failure of Talks - Bloomberg News
- Stations Picked, Huge Automated Transit Project for Paris is Closer to Realization - Transport Politic blog
Transit policy
- More Transit = More Jobs: New Report - Transportation Equity Network
- 31-page More Transit = More Jobs: The Impact of Funding for Public Transit - Transportation Equity Network
- It's time to build an Interstate highway system for trains - McClatchy Newspapers
NY public-sector workers
- NY pension fund cuts outlook, hikes contributions - Bloomberg News
- Pension Costs To Soar For State, Local Governments - Albany Watch
Metro NY private-sector workers
Private-sector workers outside metro NY
- Groups attacked on US labour practice - Financial Times
- 130-page A Strange Case: Violations of Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States by European Multinational Corporations - Human Rights Watch
Labor union policy and practice
- Labor Day 2010: Workers’ Rights Here and Around the Globe - AFL-CIO blog
- Australian Transport Workers Unite - UPS Protest [links to 3-min video] - Maritime Union of Australia - Film Unit
Metro NY politics and economics
- Inflation outpaces NYC wage growth (free registration required) - Crain's NY Business
- How Healthy Is New York City's Economy? Is the economic recovery too dependent on banking, and is it benefiting only the well-off? (free registration required) - NY Times
National politics and economics
- Unions Spurn Democrats Seen as Turncoats on Issues - Bloomberg News
- Unions gearing up to support Dems in November - Associated Press
- Debate: The Recession Opens the Door for Organized Labor - Bloomberg News
- Op-Ed: How to End the Great Recession (free registration required) - NY Times
- Krugman: The Real Story [about Economic Policy] (free registration required) - NY Times
- China in the Driver's Seat - The Nation
Health insurance
Etc.