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August 22, 2011
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Source:A quick-thinking token booth clerk saved a suicidal man's life early Friday when he cut the power in a tunnel as a man walked toward an oncoming train.
August 19, 2011
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Source: NY TimesWhile the Port Authority is expected to increase tolls at the major Hudson River crossings into New York City, gateless E-ZPass lanes remain an invitation to cheat the system.
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Source: AFL-CIO NowWorkers and allies told Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) to back off Delta’s union-busting scheme when he arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
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Source: Politics on the Hudson / Journal-NewsDonn Rowe, president of the state Corrections Officers and Police Benevolent Association, is pushing back against a state memo yesterday that questions whether the union is eager to reach a contract agreement.
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Source: Fox 5 NYNew York's junior senator is pushing a bill in Congress that would create a nationwide, inter-operable wireless broadband network to effectively respond to major crisis and thwart attacks. The First Responder Communications Bill would fulfill a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission Report.
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Source: NY TimesAs a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers continues, the company’s customers are beginning to feel the impact — and are complaining about it.
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Source: NY1Officials from the Department of Investigation said Thursday that a new investigation has determined that most taxi drivers aren't taking New Yorkers for a ride financially.
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Source: NY1This evening's rain has brought on signal problems at the Broad Channel subway station has halted A train service between Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn to Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue in Queens.
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Source: NY TimesA coalition opposing a law limiting rights for public employee unions rejected Gov. John Kasich’s offer to negotiate to avoid a Nov. 8 referendum, saying the measure must first be repealed. The coalition We Are Ohio, which includes labor representatives and Democrats, responded Thursday to a letter from Mr. Kasich and other Republican leaders suggesting a session to reach an agreement. A repeal “must occur prior to any meeting,” Melissa Fazekas, spokeswoman for We Are Ohio, said in a statement.
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Source: Staten Island AdvanceAgreement follows raucous hearings on Staten Island
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Source: NY MetroFour MTA employees were accused of using fake names to get multiple licenses — and they’re all getting the boot.
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Source:They carried American flags and chanted "What's disgusting? Union busting" outside Lowell McAdam's Mendham residence. Police say the protest was peaceful and without incident.
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Transit Options Dwindle as 700,000 Americans Live in Households Without Cars | Transportation NationSource: Transportation NationA pair of reports issued this week shows an increasingly grim picture for American mobility: some 700,000 Americans live without cars and without access to transit, even as more than two thirds of U.S. transit agencies have cut service in the past year.
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Source: Fox 5 NYA jury has found the Metropolitan Transportation Authority liable for a bus accident in which a New York City woman lost an arm and a leg and was blinded in one eye.
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Source: TransitWireMetrolink has received more than $46 million in state and federal funding to help develop a $202 million positive train control system. PTC is collision avoidance technology that monitors and controls train movements remotely and can prevent train-to-train collisions.
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Source: Greg Mocker / WPIXAnd the Governors of NY and NJ sent us some reading material tonight about their plans for a fare and toll hike.
August 18, 2011
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Source: Albany Watch / Journal NewsIn a memo to agency heads yesterday, Howard Glaser, director of state operations, applauds CSEA for agreeing to a five-year contract, but warns that other unions have been slow “to engage in negotiations” and warns that “it is unlikely that layoffs can be avoided” among their ranks.
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Source: ABC New YorkState auditors say the Port Authority of NY and New Jersey should cut millions of dollars of annual overtime paid to its workers.
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Source: AFL-CIO NowMembers of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) voted overwhelmingly today to join the AFL-CIO-affiliated Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU).
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Source: Associated PressRecommend Twitter Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share Gov. John Kasich and top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they were offering to change a new law limiting collective bargaining in an attempt to keep a repeal effort off the November ballot. The administration released a letter asking for a meeting on Friday to discuss a compromise with 10 union leaders authorized to negotiate on behalf of We Are Ohio, the group pushing for a repeal of the law. The letter reiterates supporters’ backing for the law and their confidence they can win in the fall, but it signals a desire to avoid a costly ballot battle. “A divisive fight on these issues that could possibly be avoided is in the best interest of everyone, including public employees and people who support public employees,” said the governor, above, a first-term Republican.
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