Long before
stalled labor talks brought NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to the brink of canceling the 2004 — 05 season, NHL Players» Association senior director Ted Saskin had penciled in an epitaph for the Invisible League.
The elevator workers agreement — which came years
after labor talks broke down in 2008 with the Bloomberg administration — was made by then - Comptroller John Liu, who had been working to bring city unions up to the prevailing wage to keep them competitive with private worker salaries.
The P.B.A., frustrated by a lack of progress
on labor talks and a perceived lack of support from City Hall when protests broke out following a grand jury's decision not to indict any police officers for the death of Eric Garner, lashed out at the mayor in December after two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car.
However, in the absence of a contract for the last three years between the district and the teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles,
labor talks remain at a complete standstill, raising questions about just how much remains «TBD.»
Although Misnik characterized the negotiations as «stuck,» Park District spokeswoman Angelynne Amores said good progress has been made in
the labor talks.
Earlier this week, Mr. Cuomo suggested that
the labor talks were a federal issue under the Railway Labor Act, and Congress's problem, not his.
The labor talks between the Buffalo school system and the Buffalo Teachers Federation are apparently making progress.
Faced with
the labor talks, the administration tried to portray a tight fiscal situation - even as outside watchers said the city has more money than the mayor is letting on.
BC proposal -
labor talk III.