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January 18, 2012
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Source: Transportation NationSubways and buses are still running in New York City – despite the lack of a contract between about 34-thousand New York City Transport Workers Union Local 100 members and their employer, the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
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Source: DNAinfo.comAn MTA bus struck two pedestrians in Bensonhurst Tuesday, trapping one of the victims underneath the vehicle, authorities said.
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Source: NYS AFL-CIO press releaseThis is not about whether or not working men and women have the ability to decide how to successfully invest their retirement savings. As we know, even the wealthiest employ a stable of bankers, accountants, and consultants to manage their retirement accounts. Now, with a 401k, people of limited means will be forced to pay for financial advisors to hopefully sustain their income through retirement. They will have to add that burden to the cost of rent, utilities, and prescriptions.
January 17, 2012
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Source: NY Daily NewsThe Daily News reports that Samuelsen answered Lhota’s offer of a five-year, no-raise deal by signaling that he could live with “three 1s” — raises of 1% for the next three years, followed by two years of 2% hikes.
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Source: NY TimesFour men sit in a union hall on a darkened stretch of Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, talking about life as cable installers for Cablevision and efforts to bring in a union, in this case the Communication Workers of America.
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Source: NY Daily NewsSince crowning Cornell the big winner in a city competition for a new applied sciences graduate school, the city has been in talks with three other universities and hopes to award a consolation prize. NYU’s plan for a Center for Urban Sciences and Progress in a decrepit former MTA headquarters building at 370 Jay St. has emerged as a favorite, drawing broad support from politicians and tech companies.
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Source: NY PostAgency officials want the subway sweepers to take on a slew of new duties — from unclogging toilets to replacing light bulbs.
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Source: NY TimesEach time an agency decides to purchase new trains or buses, it must consider whether to make its seats wider, knowing that a decision to do so could come at the expense of passenger capacity.
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Source: NY Daily NewsExclusive: MTA brass willing to OK raises but says union must find ways to pay for them.
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Source: Wall Street JournalThe union's three-year contract expired Sunday, and labor officials say they have no plans to strike as they did in 2005. Negotiations to reach a new five-year contract went past the midnight deadline Monday, and the MTA pledged to keep talks open.
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Source: NY Daily NewsUnder Cuomo’s initiative, all new state and city workers, including police and firefighters, would have to choose between enrolling in a 401(K) plan or getting pension benefits that are less generous than those currently offered, sources say.
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Source: WNYCThe MTA and the Transport Workers Union will continue contract talks, despite failing to reach an agreement before the current contract expired on Sunday night.
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Source: amNYMarathon weekend negotiations between the MTA and its largest workers union were unable to bring both sides any closer to reach an agreement, sources with knowledge of the talks said Monday, adding that pay raises remain the sticking point for both sides. The union's contract expired Monday morning.
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Source: Sheepshead BitesJoe Lhota was confirmed last week as the new MTA chairman. So the big question is: Will we see positive changes at the MTA or will it just be business as usual? Judging from his initial comments, my guess is the latter. A chairman needs to think broadly and Lhota appears to be myopic. When the Staten Island Advance told Lhota of desires to extend bus service from the gates of the College of Staten Island to operate within the campus, his immediate response was that, although the need is recognized, the MTA cannot afford it.
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Source: NY1The Transport Workers Union Local 100 says that is not a fair wage and is asking for cost-of-living wage increases for each of the five years.
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Source: NY Daily NewsCuomo… made it clear he expects MTA workers to follow the example set by the state’s two largest public employee unions – the CSEA and Public Employees Federation – which accepted contracts in 2011 that included no wage increases for three years and increased health care contributions.
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Source: CBS New YorkTWU Local 100 president John Samuelsen has said there has been no talk of a walkout, but he told rank and file during a break in weekend talks what the MTA can do with its latest offer, if you get his drift.
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Source: NY PostReps from the transit agency and the Transport Workers Union Local 100 — which went on strike in 2005 — spent today desperately trying to hammer out a deal in some of the most contentious issues, including a reduced starting rate for cleaners.
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Source: NY1A quick-thinking straphanger caught on video a man performing a lewd act on the 1 subway line in Midtown and authorities were searching for the suspect late Monday. Brian Thompson told NY1 the man in the cellphone photo… was behaving aggressively on an downtown 1 train Saturday night.
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Source: USA TodayAmerican's labor unions, despite a history of poor relations with management, are wary of a takeover. James C. Little, president of the Transport Workers Union, which represents American's mechanics and other ground workers, said he fears that a buyer would send aircraft-overhaul work overseas. American employees do most of that work in the U.S., while rival airlines have outsourced it.
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