Sentences with phrase «transit workers»

He noted transit workers and managers are «working day and night» under the plan to install miles of new track and repair thousands of right - of - way and station defects.

It also appears Alcantara has picked up labor endorsements that were expected by Jackson and Lasher, one of which is that of Transit Workers Union Local 100.

The contract of the largest union of transit workers expired in January 2012, shortly after Mr. Lhota joined the authority, and Mr. Lhota did not reach a contract agreement with the union before he resigned to run for mayor.

I believe he was a retired transit worker from ny and the amount was $ 140.000.

The B.C. Federation of Labour represents close to 500,000 members throughout British Columbia and includes many unions representing transit workers, including COPE Local 378, CUPE and BCGEU.

Governor Andrew Cuomo offered the family of Richards - Stephens condolences on Twitter: «I am deeply saddened by news of the New York City Transit worker who lost his life this morning.

«The power play between the two of them is impacting [services],» said Earl Phillips, secretary - treasurer of Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents transit workers in the city.

The Transport Workers Union — which represents 38,000 city transit workers who operate the subways and buses — knows it's likely to lose easy access to dues collections.

(See «How New York Transit Workers Broke the State Pattern» for more on the deal.)

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.

Also in the running for Dickens» slot is Marvin Holland, political director for Transit Workers Union Local 100.

NYC has been concocting a contingency plan in case NJ Transit workers strike next week, de Blasio said.

Viewpoint: How New York Transit Workers Broke the State Pattern Even unions not in a position to strike can beat back the worst of austerity.

Train and bus operators with Transit Workers Local 100 did better than expected, but no union was able to escape the political box created by Democrats who refuse to tax the rich.

Glazer supported banning strikes by public transit workers, embraced pension reforms and campaigned to elect more business friendly Democrats.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is conducting a National Online Dialogue on preventing and mitigating transit worker assaults from June 13 to July 25, 2016.

The UTU represents over 125,000 railroad, bus and mass transit workers nationwide.

Matt, a Metro transit worker and University of Minnesota student, is putting together his campaign team and just launched a Facebook page.

But do transit workers» bodies harbor elevated levels of these metals?

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.

A 300 - pound transit worker died this morning when the railing he was leaning against broke, sending him plummeting about 20 feet to a lower level in an East Harlem train station, police and sources said.

Tony Utano, president of TWU Local 100, which represents MTA Transit workers and has been closely aligned with Cuomo, bashed Nixon over the labor comment.

After conceding to pay a part of health insurance costs, unionized transit workers of Metro Bus and Rail are looking at potentially receiving their first pay raise in eight years.

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.

A group of veteran transit workers are griping that the MTA doesn't give newly hired subway operators the same quality training they received years ago, leading to gaffes and screwups that delay rides and endanger straphangers.

John Samuelsen, President of Transport Workers Union Local 100, said: «Our city's transit workers deserve the same level of respect and protections that we offer to New Yorkers each and every day.

Transit workers won modest raises and defeated outsourcing plans, one - person train operation and a move to part - time bus drivers.

Outside, transit workers called for the MTA to give them a raise after their work building the system after Sandy.

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.

The first version passed in March but tied up in the courts covered transit workers, even though there was a concern that Wisconsin could lose about $ 60 million a year in federal transit aid if the workers» collective bargaining rights were removed.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Local government transit workers would retain their collective bargaining rights under the latest version of Gov. Scott Walker's union proposal to be voted on by the Legislature this week.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew didn't mince words when he addressed hundreds of angry Transport Workers Union Local 100 members protesting the Metropolitan Transit Authority's attempt to overturn a binding arbitration ruling that awarded transit workers an 11 percent pay increase over three years.

Mr. Espaillat made the argument to the Observer after Transit Workers Union Local 100 announced its support for his bid outside a bus depot in his home neighborhood of Inwood, a part of the Upper Manhattan - and South Bronx - spanning House district.

After hearing the story some scientists were inspired to conduct a study involving thousands of similar «bus pairs» of London Transit workers.

And despite the criticism over being the Ghostbuster who was black and not a scientist — like Ernie Hudson in the original — Jones is the film's biggest breath of fresh air as the street-wise transit worker who joins the team after encountering a nasty ghost in a subway tunnel.

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).

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

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.»

... Why do teachers and transit workers strike?

Over 60 % of people said that public transit workers (e.g., bus drivers), large goods delivery people (e.g., truckers), and small goods delivery people (e.g., pizza delivery) are all in danger of being displaced by the technology (69 %, 67 %, and 61 % respectively).

FTA Announces National Online Dialogue on Transit Worker Assaults.

Eurostat and BLS cover nearly every industry promoting sustainability, from organic meat producers and mass transit workers to national park rangers.

In April, as Astorino noted, he got involved in a 2 - year - old contract dispute between the MTA and New York City transit workers.

Transit saves America 4.2 billion gallons of gas and 37 million metric tons of carbon pollution each year while creating jobs for transit workers and operators along with the people who build, fix, and maintain our transit systems - not to mention transit as an economic catalyst in and of itself.

Dozens of transit workers, transportation advocates and elected officials rallied on the steps of City Hall this morning to urge Governor Cuomo to sign the transit lockbox bill, which passed both houses of the legislature unanimously in June.

«The privatization discussion is also coming as negotiations begin with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1145, the Binghamton - based union representing transit workers.

«Human nature kicks in, and he did what I hope most men would do,» said the head of the transit workers union in Oroc's defense.

On the other hand, with cuts to transit workers» jobs, and therefore fewer people to clean subway cars, rats are a significant problem, too.

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.