Sentences with phrase «for transit workers»

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«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 attraTransit 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 attratransit 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..