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APRIL 10, 2024
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DC 37 Retirees Association's takeover upheld

The administratorship imposed on the District Council 37 Retirees Association earlier this year has been upheld by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ judicial panel, … MORE


UPS increasing automation to have ‘less dependency on labor’

Less than a year after signing a landmark contract with the Teamsters that, by the union’s estimate, got workers $30 billion of new money and benefits, United Parcel Services is rapidly automating … MORE



Council staffers look to spread their union movement nationwide

Forming an independent union from scratch in a workplace with high turnover rates that’s never been unionized and is part of an industry with little history of organized labor is hard work. … MORE



Assured and intent, Pizzitola battles the city and a few unions too

Marianne Pizzitola has run a bakery out of her home kitchen, filling orders for custom-baked cakes, cookies and breads. She has also single-handedly rebuilt the motor on her 1971 white VW bus. That … MORE


H+H doctors' push for pay parity gets backing from electeds

More than 60 elected officials have signed onto a letter calling on Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals to settle a contract with resident physicians in the city’s public hospital system, … MORE

New contract for state COs, but prison closures loom

The state’s correction officers have a new contract, but the possible closure of as many as five prisons this year shades the pact with a measure of uncertainty for the more than 17,000 officers … MORE


OPINION

April Fools’ Day, observed

When passion-corrupted battles rage between two irreconcilable points of view, victory will not be assured or much advanced by the inherent persuasive power of truth. Facts and moral authority are … MORE


LETTERS

Criminal failure

To the editor: Police Officer Jonathan Diller did not have to die. Career criminal Guy Rivera, who had previous felony convictions, was arrested for possessing a firearm last year. Persons who have … MORE

Flex schedules not new

To the editor: District Council 37 and Mayor Adams reached an agreement that allows District Council 37 members who aren’t working remotely to have a four-day workweek, conditioned on their putting … MORE


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