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June 8, 2011
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Source: WPIXPolice are searching for two subway muggers who are incapacitating victims with a stun gun before robbing them.
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Source: NY TimesLabor has its own set of priorities when it comes to emissions mandates, and unions may find common cause with either side depending on whether they view a policy as a job creator or a job destroyer. And they have the political leverage on Capitol Hill to make their views felt, especially with Democratic members.
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Source: Crain'sWorkers, union leaders and elected officials plan to protest outside Macy's flagship Herald Square store on Wednesday, with just a week remaining before the expiration of the contract covering nearly 4,000 employees at four New York City-area Macy's Inc. stores. They're arguing that the company should not be seeking cuts to pay and benefits at a time it is posting robust profits.
June 7, 2011
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Source: Bryan Ellis / Real EstateAnalyst Hope Cohen calls the situation “potentially the most serious standoff that we’ve heard about,” adding “Maybe there is going to be a strike. Cohen recently wrote a report on the area’s construction industry, charging that the New York Plan resolution process, which prohibits work stoppages and requires contractors to be fully union, “has resulted in less productive work rules.”
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Source: NY TimesA new sheltered transfer eases a longtime headache for riders of two subway lines in Queens.
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Source: DNAinfo.comDozens of people are submitting online questions about the new 9/11 health law.
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Source: DNAinfo.comCompany involved in fatal wreck tried running buses using different company names, federal authorities said.
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Source: NBC New YorkA 92-year-old man fell into the gap between an east-bound Long Island Rail Road train and the Great Neck station platform while exiting the train at 9:00 p.m. last night.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA group of of Republican suburban lawmakers is trying to eliminate a tax that raises money to maintain and operate the MTA's bus, subway and commuter train system.
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Source: Washington PostThe latest note in the House Republican drumbeat to weaken federal labor organizations has been struck by Rep. Tim Scott.
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Source: Wall Street JournalThe National Mediation Board is widening its probe into union allegations that Delta Air Lines Inc. interfered in a failed organizing drive last year, further heightening scrutiny of the big U.S. carrier and the federal agency that oversees it.
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Source: Greenline / AFSCMEOn Saturday, a coalition of Wisconsin labor union and community groups opened a tent city, called “Walkerville,” near the State Capitol to protest Gov. Scott Walker's anti-worker legislative agenda. With Walker ready to roll back 75 years of labor gains, Walkerville channels the spirit of the “Hooverville” shanty towns from the Great Depression.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAN MTA worker is clinging to life after being mowed down in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn.
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Source: NY TimesNo trip on the underground line between Manhattan and New Jersey is complete without wondering, What is that odor?
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Source: Brooklyn PaperThe Metropolitan Transit Authority’s decision to shut down the L train with only five days notice last weekend left hundreds of artists and their fans in the lurch during the enclave’s largest festival of the year.
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Source: NY Daily NewsOver 1000 livery base owners and cab drivers participate in rally protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's medallion proposals at City Hall Park Monday in Manhattan.
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Source: Fox 5 NYLegal fees in New Jersey's fight over a scrapped Hudson River rail tunnel have passed $1 million and are growing.
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Source: DNAinfo.comThe A and C train lines were slowed Tuesday morning when switch problems delayed trains at the 168th Street station.
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Source: NY PostCrossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices.
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