Media Links - September 27, 2010
These links are provided for the information of Local 100 members. Local 100 does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them.
Local 100 and members
- Hero of the Month: Subway motorman Francis Lusk acts fast and saves woman on the tracks - Daily News
- MTA Chairman Talks About Agency's Budget Woes, TWU Battle [links to 11.5-min video] - NY1 News
- Taking on the Unions - John Stossel's Take
- MTA chief's report card: Lots of A's & B's - & 2 big fat F's for Chairman Jay Walder - Daily News
- One year in, grading Jay Walder - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- Editorial - Transport Wimps Union: TWU backs out of deal to operate dollar vans in Brooklyn - Daily News
MTA operations
- Big-hearted bus driver powers through deadly tornados to get riders home - Daily News
- Flubway! Weekend Delays Will Cripple 18 of 19 Lines: See How It Screws Up Your Life - [Page 1 headline] - Daily News
- Derailed riders fume at MTA for massive subway snarl, some straphangers decide to just walk - Daily News
- Straphangers become bus riders during 'perfect screwup' of subway delays on 18 of 19 lines - Daily News
- Rollout of Better Bus on Manhattan’s East Side Starts Next Month - Tri-State Transportation Campaign
MTA cutbacks, dollar vans, budget and funding
- Op-Ed: Vans on the Run (free registration required) - NY Times
- Editorial - Bare the fare: Unlimited MetroCard users have a right to know how many rides they take - Daily News
- Joan Millman Shows Why Pols Should Be Banned From Fare Hike Hearings - Streetsblog
Other MTA
- New high-tech intercoms coming to subway stations near you - Daily News
- 2nd Ave. Subway is on the sloooow track - NY Post
- Riders Want Faster Buses Across Q’Boro. Are Bus Lanes Coming? - Streetsblog
- Free ride for MTA's scofflaws - NY Post
- LIRR: 2010 overtime costs saw 'dramatic' reduction (excerpt) - Newsday
- Report: LIRR Switch Fire Cost $2M - Associated Press
- Prisoners help clean Riverhead train station: Pols blast MTA for not doing its job - Riverhead News-Review
Other metro NY transit
- NY Transportation Forum Reveals United Woes - Tri-State Transportation Campaign
- A bus GPS tracking system for NYC but not the MTA - 2nd Ave. Sagas
- E-mail, conversations allude to Gov. Christie's concerns about Hudson tunnel funding - Associated Press
Safety and health
- The Need to Know: Cleansers, Workers and Consumers - New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- 9/11 Bill Will Get Vote Next Week - Daily News blog
- $124M paid to fight 9/11 suits - NY Post
Transit workers and systems outside metro NY
- DC Metrobus workers put to test in mechanics, driving competitions (free registration required) - Washington Post
- In UK, Tube engineering work cancelled as overtime ban bites: LUL busting safety rules by running uninspected trains, says RMT - RMT
Transit policy
- Report says rail will create jobs, reduce traffic - (Dearborn Heights MI) Press & Guide
- APTA: Public Transit up for the First Time Since Late 2008 - Transportation Nation
- Getting the Youth of Today Involved in Public Transportation for Tomorrow - City Fix blog
NY public-sector workers
Public-sector workers outside metro NY
Private-sector workers outside metro NY
Labor union policy and practice
- From Labor Day to Election Day: Why the Union Vote Matters - Homefront
- Labor and the Democrats: Accountability for Next Election Cycle Must Start Now - Huffington Post
- Union Protests Morgan Stanley's Role in Advocating Social Security Cuts - Huffington Post
Metro NY politics and economics
- City Poverty Rate Jumped as the Economy Slumped - Gotham Gazette
- Recession sends 100K NYC residents into poverty (free registration required) - Crain's NY Business
- Paterson's Layoffs Supported By Cuomo, Paladino - Associated Press
National politics and economics
- Liberal Groups Planning to Rally on National Mall (free registration required) - NY Times
- One Nation Working Together Core Policy Principles - Talking Union
- With Part of Stimulus Act Expiring, Thousands Face Losing News Jobs: Republicans Resist Extension of Salary Payment Program (free registration required) - NY Times
- Krugman: Structure of Excuses [for Unemployment] (free registration required) - NY Times
- The Super Rich Get Richer, Everyone Else Gets Poorer, and the Democrats Punt - By Robert Reich
- As Election Nears, Obama Tries to Have it Both Ways: Some populist rhetoric (and action), while reassuring Wall Street - In These Times blog
- Op-Ed: Pensions wiped out by the White House - NY Post
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