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May 24, 2011
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Source:Among recent mayoral declarations: Few panhandlers are left, tourism is the cure for unemployment and working-class parents cannot judge their children’s schools.
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Source: NY TimesThe Day: Train service isn't what it was as recently as a year ago, conspicuously on the numbered lines that the transportation authority still quaintly lumps together as the IRT.
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Source: NY Times¶New York City Transit opts for a more statistical approach — and its latest figures suggest some trouble on the numbered subway lines. The Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 lines all recorded significant drops in on-time performance in March (see breakdown below), the most recent month for which statistics were available, according to figures disclosed on Monday at an agency committee hearing. The numbered lines also performed worse than the lettered lines on nearly every major metric.
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Source: CBS NewsA man and a woman who authorities say live together in the northern suburb of Revere are charged in the case. Andres Townes was ordered held on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty in Salem District Court on Friday to charges including larceny. Gloria Escobar was ordered held on $100,000 bail on the same charges.
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Source: NY TimesThe United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Source: AFL-CIO BlogBy any measure, it was a risky thing to do. There’s a reason most rapes go unreported. But there was one thing that housekeeper knew could not be done to her for reporting her account, observes a colleague in the labor movement: she could not be fired for having done so, because of the contract between her union, the New York Hotel Trades Council, and the Sofitel Hotel at which she works.
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Source: NY TimesIn the world of big-box discounters, Target enjoys a reputation as a model corporate citizen that sells the latest in cheap chic. That’s a sharp contrast to the image of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, which labor unions have pilloried for years, accusing it of providing skimpy wages and benefits and skirting various labor laws.
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Source: Department of Transportation Fastlane blogLast month, the Federal Railroad Administration hosted an Electronic Device Distraction Summit. And just last week, FRA Administrator Joseph Szabo addressed the Rail Safety Advisory Committee with a clear anti-distraction message: "Despite specific restrictions and the increased attention the problem is receiving, we know that the improper use of personal electronic devices continues in the rail industry. There is more that we must do to make this behavior socially unacceptable in the workplace."
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Source: Politics on the HudsonThe New York State United Teachers union is up with a new radio today that tries to equate the loss of state aid to $1 cupcakes: Parents would have to sell $1.3 billion to make up for the loss of state aid this year. The union’s ad tries to use it as an example of [...]
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Source: Star-LedgerTempers flared in Trenton today as Democratic legislators scuffled with the state transportation commissioner over Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to upgrade roadways by siphoning money from other areas of the budget.
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Source:The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Rite Aid Pharmacy for one alleged willful violation of workplace safety standards relating to blocked emergency exits at the chain's store located at 16321-43 Pitkin Ave. in Brooklyn. The agency has proposed a $60,500 fine.
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Source: Wall Street JournalThe city's long-delayed, over-budget computerized payroll system—a project at the center of a major criminal probe that Mayor Bloomberg once described as a disaster—is essentially fully operational.
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Source: NY1Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Jay Walder said Monday that he'll head a new security committee.
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Source: RWDSUDenis M. Hughes, President of the 2.5 million member New York State AFL-CIO, and UFCW Region 1 Director Richard Whalen today toured the famous Macy’s Herald Square store in New York City with RWDSU Local 1-S President Ken Bordieri and RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum. The union leaders were on hand to talk with RWDSU Local 1-S members who work at Macy’s flagship store, and to show support for the workers as they seek a fair contract with their employer. Negotiations on a new collective bargaining contract are currently underway with Macy’s.
May 23, 2011
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Source: MyCentralJersey.comWith a Tuesday vote approaching to do away with off-peak discounts for car drivers who use out-of-state E-ZPass tags on the New Jersey Turnpike, the silence was almost deafening when it came to people officially commenting about the proposal.
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Source:The stakes are too high for the mayor to walk away from straphangers and say he tried. The state Legislature, he repeatedly points out, failed to authorize his plan to raise bus, subway and commuter train funds by imposing new tolls in the city. Big Daddy's got to try again or risk being viewed as a deadbeat on transit.
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Source: MobiledeaA group of Apple Store employees is reportedly seeking to organize into a union, taking advantage of the company's 10th annual retail anniversary to draw attention to workplace issues at its stores.
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Source: NY PostA city bus and an SUV collided last night at Kennedy Airport, fatally injuring one person.
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Source: NYT > Michael M. GrynbaumA plan to add to the number of cabs in the city, including the possibility of placing taxis outside Manhattan to pick up street hails.
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Source: NY TimesRichard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., denounced Republicans over efforts to cut Medicare and warned Democrats not to take organized labor for granted on Election Day.
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