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March 18, 2011
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Source: amNYCommuters should expect another weekend aggravating service changes, which will affect 14 out 19 train lines.
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Source: WCBS 880 / APNew Jersey’s largest state worker union said Gov. Chris Christie has snubbed their health care giveback proposal. Communications Workers of America officials, who were negotiating a new contract, said the governor’s representatives refused to respond to or counter their opening offer. Christie said he wants health care concessions achieved through legislation, not bargaining. WCBS 880′s Levon Putney with comments from Governor Christie
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW! blog
On Day 24 of rallies and marches at the Indiana Statehouse yesterday, many of the protesters were dressed in camouflage to symbolize that they were under siege.
March 17, 2011
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Source: WNBC 4
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The driver of a bus that crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike, killing him and another passenger, is being hailed as a hero by a rider who survived the accident.
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Source: NY TimesThe deadly crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx brought scrutiny to a job where hours are long, pressures can be high and chances to rest are limited.
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Source: NY Daily NewsDecember's crippling blizzard has sparked a major shakeup of subway management, the Daily News has learned. Day-to-day decisions on the deployment of subway motormen, conductors and other staffers have been shifted from individual line managers and centralized.
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Source:Spurred by complaints about cuts in local bus service, federal officials said Tuesday they would investigate whether the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority had discriminated
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Source: NewsdayNassau County officials say they will turn over Long Island Bus to a private operator and end their relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , which has run the financially beleaguered county bus system for nearly four decades.
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Source: NY PostAn MTA signal maintainer who was among more than 1,000 TWU Local 100 workers accused of dangerously falsifying safety records will be the first prosecuted in the fraud, The Post has learned. A sealed indictment naming the worker will be made public today in Manhattan Supreme Court, where the...
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Source: Associated PressIn a year when the questions of union power and the responsibility of governments to their employees have taken center stage, St. Patrick's Day is taking on dual meaning for many Irish-Americans, with their rich ties to the labor movement.
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Source: MetroHizzoner was hit with his worst approval ratings in eight years — only 39 percent of New Yorkers approve of the billionaire mayor in his third term.
March 16, 2011
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Source: Transportation NationLawmakers are proposing a federally-owned but independently-run bank empowered to issue loans and loan guarantees to public-private partnership infrastructure projects with revenue potential. The bank itself would be nonprofit, issue no stock, and fall under the control of no federal agency.
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Source: WNYC
(Photo by Jeremiah Cox )
(New York, NY – Jim O’Grady, WNYC) The NYC MTA Arts for Transit Program, which cultures up the subways, just announced the passing of artist Ellsworth Rashied Ausby, whose “Space Odyssey” graces my local station, the Marcy Ave stop of the J / Z. When the late sun hits the glass right, part of the platform gets kaleidoscopic skin.
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Source: AFL-CIO NOW! BlogThe argument goes that the nation’s 8.9 percent unemployment rate—after nearly two years between 9 and 10 percent—is the new “normal” unemployment rate. Proponents of this absurd claim say it’s workers’ fault because they don’t have the skills to fill the jobs or don’t live near the jobs that are available. A new study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) takes this theory—also known as “structural unemployment”—and blows it out of the water.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMayor Bloomberg’s administration has trimmed a huge contract to reshape the city’s 911 system under pressure from City Comptroller John Liu.
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Source: NY ObserverA bit more on the Central Labor Council's efforts to replace President Jack Ahern, who departed yesterday after a rocky stewardship that saw his salary double and important allies flee.
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Source: Transportation NationThe US Department of Transportation has officially designated the Northeast Corridor the “eleventh and final” high-speed rail corridor.
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Source: Greg Mocker / WPIX 11The devastation in Japan has been tragic and widespread. It has impacted all sectors of that country's people and economies. Today, I was wondering if there would be a delay in the new M8 cars. A Japanese company has the contract. A few cars have already been rolling on our tracks. More are supposed to be arriving each month. They are needed to restore Metro North service to it's former glory.
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Source: The ForwardIn The Sisterhood post “Does Generation Y have a Union Problem?” Sarah Seltzer wrote about the apathy she sees in her peers when it comes to supporting the labor movement, and how she hopes that the protests in Wisconsin will serve as a wake-up call. I agree with Sarah that there is overall less enthusiasm among Gen Y about unions than in generations past, but I don’t think it is merely a case of apathy.
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe explosions and fires at four separate nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan, are a haunting reminder that nuclear power can produce catastrophic results. The 50 courageous workers who remained at Japan's contaminated Daiichi nuclear complex had to abandon the facility Tuesday night when surging radiation levels made it too dangerous to stay.
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