Not exact matches
«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves
transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take
transit, which is better
for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized
workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.
In the Cira Center,
for example, 90 percent of
workers take
transit, SEPTA reported.
James O'Brien, president of the Boston Carmen's Union, which represents T
transit workers, blamed the agency, saying that
for years managers encouraged drivers to take unpaid medical leave rather than paid sick days.
The union that represents
transit workers on Tuesday in a statement cheered the broad strokes of a plan being adopted by the MTA that seeks to provide faster fixes and expedited maintenance
for subway cars.
The
Transit Workers Union in a statement said it «likes the idea» of a surcharge
for millionaires to bolster the New York City subway system, but called the move a «long - term solution.»
The subway -
workers union and
transit watchdogs are questioning whether the MTA can meet its goal of hiring some 2,700 new maintenance staff as part of its new plan to fix the subways, pointing to problems recruiting
for these specialized jobs.
Amalgamated
Transit Union, ATU Local 726, ATU Local 1056, ATU Local 1179 ATU Local 1181 - 1061, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Asian Americans
for Equality, Center
for Working Families, Citizens Committee
for NYC, Common Cause / NY, Construction Industry Council, CUNY Institute
for Urban Systems, DC 37, DC 37 Local 375B, DC37 Local 1655, Empire State Transportation Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, General Contractors Association of New York, League of Women Voters of the City of NY, League of Women Voters of New York State, Long Island Contractors» Association, Inc. (LICA), MTA Coalition of Unions, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, New York Building Congress, NY League of Conservation Voters, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, NYS Council of Machinists, NY State Legislative Conference Board, NYS Transportation Equity Alliance, PCAC to MTA, Pratt Center
for Community Development, Regional Plan Association, Reinvent Albany, Teamsters Local 808,
Transit Riders Action Committee, Transportation Alternatives, TWU Local 100, TWU Local 252, TWU Local2001, TWU Local 2054, Transport
Workers International Union of America, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, UPROSE, We Act
for Environmental Justice, Women's City Club.
The New Year's Eve event will be hosted by the Association
for a Better New York, Blasters, Drillrunners and Miners Local 29, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, Central Park Conservancy, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Historical Society, the New York Mets, New York State Council on the Arts, New York
Transit Museum, Partnership
for New York City, Real Estate Board of New York, Regional Plan Association, NYC Sandhogs Local 147, Transport
Workers Union Local 100 and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Nearly 2,000
workers from Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100) traveled to Albany on March 27th to meet with members of the state legislature in the Senate and Assembly for the organization's annual «Lobby Day.
workers from
Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100) traveled to Albany on March 27th to meet with members of the state legislature in the Senate and Assembly for the organization's annual «Lobby Day.
Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100) traveled to Albany on March 27th to meet with members of the state legislature in the Senate and Assembly
for the organization's annual «Lobby Day.»
Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing backlash from the city's transport
workers union
for skipping out on funeral services
for two
transit workers killed on the job last month.
The groups — including the United University Professions, New York State Nurses Association and the
Transit Workers United Local 100 — want to see billions spent on renewable energy and infrastructure projects, resources
for environmental concerns in poor communities and fair labor and training standards in clean energy.
Global Contact Services, the North Carolina - based company that runs Access - A-Ride, the MTA's
transit service
for people with disabilities, is the subject of an inquiry by the authority in response to the
workers» persistent complaints.
He passed the legislation providing
for personal care
workers to ride free in public
transit, rather than forcing the consumer to pay the fare, and then objecting that it was not being enforced.
The issues here are serious
for our city — protecting
workers and passengers, fair service
for people with disabilities, supporting public
transit, addressing rising congestion.
The
Transit Workers Union has shown an unflinching faith in Espaillat, endorsing him
for Congress a third time this spring even after he struck out his first two at - bats.
In what could be the beginning of the end
for booth - dwelling
workers, the MTA is in negotiations with the
transit union to create a new title, «customer service ambassador,» with new duties.
Outside,
transit workers called
for the MTA to give them a raise after their work building the system after Sandy.
(See «How New York
Transit Workers Broke the State Pattern»
for more on the deal.)
New York City teachers and
transit workers just ratified contracts that will define what's possible
for the 250,000 city
workers still in negotiations.
Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) has launched a new campaign calling out Mayor Bill de Blasio
for...
Organizers say the combined Buffalo Rochester Metro Corridor submission will provide detailed responses to the various components of the Amazon proposal, while emphasizing the affordability of the region, low operating costs
for business located there, ease of travel — via bicycle, public
transit, or automobile, and extensive access to leisure / lifestyle activities considered attractive to the prototypical Amazon
worker.
Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and
Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling
for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.
In his first budget address to the legislature, Murphy said he would use the extra revenue to ramp up state aid
for school districts, increase funding
for the beleaguered NJ
Transit and a make a larger payment into the cash - strapped public
worker pension system.
Already, the Transport
Workers Union, which has been engaged in bitter criticism of de Blasio over funding
for an emergency Metropolitan
Transit Authority (MTA) plan put forward by Lhota (again the agency's chair), has spent $ 119,025 on a TV ad attacking the mayor (TWU is seen as an ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo, a consistent de Blasio foe with whom the union negotiates its major labor contracts).
MANHATTAN — The union
for MTA
workers wants to hold Mayor Bill de Blasio accountable
for the crumbling
transit system with a new ad campaign aimed at putting the heat on Hizzoner.
Cuomo proposed ride - hailing as part of his executive budget, setting the same insurance framework as dozens of other states, proposing a system
for workers» compensation and a tax to fund mass
transit systems.
If you're a business owner looking to pick up the
Transit Connect
for your fleet, I recommend you keep employee morale and productivity up by supplying
workers with a laptop and air card instead.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) today announced an opportunity https://www.
transit.dot.gov/funding/applying/notices-funding/safety-research-and-demonstration-srd-program to apply
for $ 7 million in federal funding
for projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to improve safety
for public transportation
workers and passengers.
The new BRT service, funded in part by the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA), will cut commuting times roughly in half for riders on existing bus service and improve transit connections for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attra
Transit Administration (FTA), will cut commuting times roughly in half
for riders on existing bus service and improve
transit connections for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attra
transit connections
for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality
workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attractions.
In anticipation of its expanding streetcar network, the New Orleans Regional
Transit Authority (NORTA) competed
for and received in 2011 a $ 400,000 workforce development grant from FTA to establish a new streetcar maintenance training program specifically
for disadvantaged
workers 21 and over.
Wheels 4 Life works to find people in poor countries who have the greatest need
for transit, like students, teachers, and health care
workers, and provides them with quality, durable bikes to make getting around easier — and sometimes simply possible in the first place.
Random drug testing on TTC employees will begin later this month after a judge dismissed an application from the
transit workers» union
for an injunction — read more...
Memphis is car - friendly and offers a robust public
transit system
for students and
workers to get around.
Joseph T - Giorgis, a sales rep at Sutton Group — Medallion Realty in Surrey, B.C., recently helped organize an event to raise money
for a youth scholarship program by the Ethiopian
Transit Workers Association (ETWA).
This expanding cohort of
workers born since 1982 is likely to turbocharge another phenomenon with important ramifications
for commercial practitioners: the demand
for so - called
transit - oriented development.
First, having been a member of what I considered to be a militant (most seem to be militant in my estimation) trade union (United Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers of America, Local 46, Toronto)
for approximately ten years, I would concur with you vis a vis your apparent assumption that said unions have worn out their societal usefulness, and now serve only the purposes of their membership, and to hell with the public interest economically speaking, not to mention the absolute chaos the actions of powerful public sector unions create when they cause their entire membership to go on strike,
for eg., the Toronto garbage
workers» strike, the Toronto
transit workers» strike etc..