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September 12, 2011
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Source: NY Daily NewsA notorious Long Island con-artist has been arrested again - this time for bilking a Bronx MTA mechanic out of his life savings, prosecutors said.
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Source: NY Daily NewsMTA bus driver Barbara Byrd was driving her route in Brooklyn when the transit command center broadcast an alarming message: A plane had struck the World Trade Center; stay clear of the area.
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Source: Fox 5 NY
NYC Labor Parade Mixed With Reflection On Sept. 11 : MyFoxNY.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised those who died at the World Trade Center working for a living "to support their families," yet as he marched in the annual labor parade Saturday, workers said he's not on their side. -
Source: NY1Hector Ramirez, a subway train operator, defied orders on September 11th and rescued many stranded New Yorkers at the Cortlandt Street stop in what he calls "the quickest boarding in history."
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Source: Transit BloggerOn Friday, MTA NYC Transit announced that the Q2 & Q110 have resumed service to Belmont Park for their fall racing season
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Source: NY PostGround Zero workers will get at least $35 million added to their toxic-injury settlement with the city -- and not pay a dime more in legal fees.
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Source: Transit BloggerLate Friday afternoon, the agency announced it will now be providing bus service from all stations along the Port Jervis line.
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Source: NY PostA man was decapitated in a gruesome accident involving a Long Island Rail Road train at Penn Station yesterday, officials said.
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Source:A team of engineers hired by MTA Metro-North Railroad is inspecting and assessing the catastrophic flood damage to the Port Jervis Line. Meanwhile, buses are providing alternative service for the 2,300 people who normally use the line each weekday.
September 9, 2011
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Source: City Room / NY TimesThe unions representing the faculty say the sticking point is the university's insistence on a multiyear pay freeze, followed by raises that would depend in part on the level of tuition income from students.
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Source: YourNabe.comThe MTA eliminated a bus route from Jackson Heights to Glendale Sunday, but straphangers may see their service improve.
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Source: NY TimesThe Labor Department is conducting a broad investigation of wages and overtime paid by the residential construction industry.
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Source: NY TimesThe busy ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., were shut down on Thursday as an increasingly violent dispute between unionized port workers and the owner of a grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., spilled over to the other facilities.
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Source: UNITE-HERE press releaseOver Labor Day Weekend, 2,000 members of UNITE HERE Local 54, the Atlantic Casino Workers picketed outside Resorts Casino. Union members are fighting for a fair contract at Resorts. Long-time workers saw their wages cut by an average of almost $5 per hour by new owners. As a consequence of the wage cuts, over 100 employees applied for food stamps.
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Source: Hotel Workers Rising press releaseIn an emblematic fight over the direction of our economy, today thousands of Hyatt hotel workers in four cities nationwide--Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu--are launching week-long strikes. By striking, workers are standing up for decent jobs for themselves and their families, but they are also fighting for the right to take a stand against an abusive employer that is destroying good jobs in their North American hotels.
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Source: Asbury Park PressTo opponents of the the New Jersey Turnpike Authority transferring to the state Transportation Trust Fund money originally allocated for the cancelled Hudson River rail tunnel, Transportation Commissioner James Simpson has a challenge: Show me a better plan to save the fund.
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Source: NY Daily NewsA hungry rat chomped on a straphanger's foot as she waited for a train in a downtown subway station, transit sources said. The woman was sitting on a bench on a J train platform inside the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station about 9:30 a.m.
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Source:Many transit workers who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, and union representatives say that many more have neglected to get screened for the ailment altogether. NY1’s Tina Redwine filed the following report.
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Source: OSHA Press ReleaseThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive establishes uniform procedures for OSHA field staff for responding to incidents and complaints of workplace violence and conducting inspections in industries considered vulnerable to workplace violence, such as healthcare and social service settings, and late-night retail establishments.
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Source: NY PostA quick-thinking motorman miraculously managed to evacuate over 800 people from the subway system, closing emergency brakes by hand and deftly maneuvering the train to safety after the system locked down.
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