February 16, 2012By Neal Tepel State Senator Martin J. Golden (R,C,I –Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R,C-Brooklyn, Staten Island) had a convivial session with a dozen unions representing the workforce
January 9, 2012By Neal TepelLocal politicians frustrated over constituents’ complaints about rats on the subways gave the MTA an earful outside the 181st Street IRT stop Thursday night. As rush
January 6, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter A bus operator has to go through rigorous training before he or she can navigate the roads with competing vehicles, pedestrians crossing the
December 24, 2011By Neal TepelNo one among the fifty-odd labor leaders assembled in DC 37’s 5th Floor conference room could remember a comparable event: Virtually every union representing MTA workers
December 22, 2011 “Governor Cuomo’s agreement to sign the taxi/livery bill is a huge victory for the city, specifically the residents of Northern Manhattan, and the outer boroughs. The Black, Latino
December 16, 2011By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City ReporterOutside the MTA’s offices at 2 Broadway about 2,000 TWU Local 100 members and a host of leaders from different unions in solidarity
September 12, 2011By Neal TepelA crowd of dozens of transit union members briefly took over the lobby of 180 Livingston Street, an MTA property in Brooklyn where transit worker health
July 21, 2011 Statement from TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen on the resignation of MTA Chairman Jay Walder “Transit workers won’t miss Jay Walder and quite frankly will be
June 24, 2011 A Bronx grand jury is taking testimony in the case of Bus Operator Marlene Bien-Aime, who was viciously beaten by a teen who boarded her crowded Bx9
June 24, 2011 In a unanimous vote on June 22, 62 State Senators passed the transit lock box bill (S. 4257C), sponsored by Sen. Martin Golden (R-Bay Ridge). The vote
