Media Links - September 8, 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
Other MTA
- Nassau County exec calls for Walder’s resignation - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- First look at Metro-North's high-tech switch - NY Post
- Man Survives Being Shoved Onto Subway Tracks, Landing On Third Rail [links to 2-min video] - WPIX-TV
- Second Avenue Subway [Construction] Debate [links to 7-min video] - WNYW-TV
Other metro NY transit
- Demonstration held over [school] bus cuts in S.I. - WABC-TV
- As DeCamp negotiations continue, so does the strike - Montclair Times
- Union Official Decries Pard’s “Plantation Mentality” [at DeCamp] - Baristanet blog
Safety and health
- Labor and Political Leaders Call for Passage of 9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Nine Years is Long Enough! - New York State AFL-CIO
- Surviving and Thriving After 9/11: Addressing the Health Impact of 9/11 on the Community - New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- Cash-strapped Seattle Metro targets drivers' pay - Seattle Times
- RMT salutes success of rock solid tube safety action and calls on London Underground to halt cuts and start serious talks - RMT
- Tube strike: up to 40% of trains running - Unions 'compiling evidence' of safety breaches as London Underground operates some services on disrupted network [links to 5-min video] - Guardian
- French Unions in National Strike on Pensions (free registration required) - NY Times
Transit policy
NY public-sector workers
Metro NY politics and economics