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May 12, 2011
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Source: Fox 5 NYSpotting jumbo subway rats may be popular with tourists, but the MTA has much more to offer. You don't need to travel to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico to see dangling, dripping stalactites. At subway stations like the one at East 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue, just look up.
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Source: In These TimesIn New York, the union representing local teachers will rally Thursday against a proposal to eliminate more than 6,100 education jobs, the first layoffs of city public school teachers in decades.
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Source: The Jewish Forward
Federal Indictment of a Local State Senator Shines Light on Bruce Ratner's ...
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The land in question didn't yet belong to Ratner: It combined rail yards owned by the regional Metropolitan Transit Authority with neighboring brownstones and low-rise commercial buildings that would be taken by the government via eminent domain and ...
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Source: NY Daily NewsCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn said she does not plan to attend the Council's hearing on "living wage" legislation tomorrow, but says she’ll review the hearing’s findings as she tries to reach an opinion on the controversial bill.
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Source: In These TimesWhile all eyes are focused on the struggle to preserve unionism in the public sector, the root of the crisis actually lies in the private sector. Specifically, it is rooted in the modern labor movement’s inability to maintain strong wage and benefit standards in the private sector. With union density in the private sector down to 7 percent, unions have negligible impact on the overall wage and benefit structures of major U.S. industries. Defined benefit pensions and zero cost healthcare, once standard in union contracts, are rapidly disappearing for private sector workers.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now BlogOur elected leaders should act quickly to protect the interests of our nation’s youth and working people by enacting the DREAM Act and by bringing relief to these young people who continue to be jailed and deported, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.
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Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog“Disgraceful and dangerous” is how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today described attempts by Republican senators and state attorneys general to intimidate the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). They are demanding the NLRB drop its complaint against the Boeing Co.
May 11, 2011
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Source: NY TimesA week after shepherding into law the largest tax increase in Connecticut history, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy began issuing layoff notices on Tuesday to the first of more than 4,700 state employees facing dismissal, after two months of negotiations with unions failed to reach an agreement on worker concessions and budget cuts.
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Source: Albany Times UnionGov. Andrew Cuomo last month said he hoped the labor contract proposed for a relatively small union, the Council 82 state law enforcement officers unit, would serve as a model for negotiations with other larger unions such as the Public Employees Federation and Civil Service Employees Association. On Tuesday, Council 82 members shot down the contract offer by a vote of 674-245.
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Source: NY TimesGeneral Motors said Tuesday that it would invest $2 billion in its factories in the United States to meet gradually growing demand for its products in the aftermath of its government-sponsored bankruptcy. The company said its plans to upgrade 17 plants in eight states would create or save more than 4,000 jobs.
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Source: Washington PostWhat should national Democrats do? One thing they can do immediately is show some spine in a battle that's gotten little national attention but is hugely important to unions: the war over the House Republican drive to roll back worker rights in the forthcoming Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill.
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Source: amNYThe world's busiest bus station is finally getting a facelift, and it's going glam.
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Source: NY Daily NewsObama rejected using executive powers to soften the worst aspects of the government's crackdown on the nation's 11 million undocumented residents.
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Source: NY1The Metropolitan Transportation Authority met Tuesday with members of the technology and finance industries to help come up with a new, contactless pay system to replace the MetroCard.
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Source: NY Daily NewsAs protesters gear up for a May 12 day of action, Mayor Bloomberg is saying he's not sure whether City Hall will be able to cut a deal with the teachers union to avert thousands of layoffs.
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Source: Mobilizing the Region / Tri-State Transportation CampaignIn March, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said the county would slash its contribution to Long Island Bus from $9 million to $4.1 million a year, cut ties with the MTA, and privatize the system by the end of the year. The county and MTA together pay over $30 million of LI Bus’s $140 million annual budget, but Nassau officials have claimed that a privately operated bus system could be run with as little as $2.1 million in county funds annually.
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Source: Rochester Democrat and ChronicleU.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari visited the company's rail signaling facility in Henrietta on Tuesday to highlight a two-year expansion effort that is creating 200 jobs and an investment in the plant of more than $3 million.
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Source: WNBC 4A signal problem at 42nd Street caused massive problems on the No. 1, 2 and 3 subway lines Tuesday evening, slowing and re-routing thousands of people at the tail end of the rush hour.
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Source: American Public Transportation AssociationReports of receding gas prices have yet to hit the pumps. Fueling higher savings for individuals who ride public transportation, who, on average, save up to $10,230 annually and $853 per month according to the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Transit Savings Report which bases these savings on the May 10, 2011 average national gas price ($3.95 per gallon-reported by AAA) and the national unreserved monthly parking rate.
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Source: CBS New YorkThe LIRR says 22 trains will be canceled or diverted Wednesday and riders should expect 10 to 20 minutes delays.
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