New Tasks, Technology Transform Traffic Agents’ Jobs
September 25, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Between technology and policy, New York City traffic enforcement agents’ jobs have changed dramatically over the last decade. They now do far more than
September 25, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Between technology and policy, New York City traffic enforcement agents’ jobs have changed dramatically over the last decade. They now do far more than
September 18, 2015 By Steven Wishnia More than 500 cab drivers, angry that an unregulated Uber is undermining their income, protested outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Midtown offices Sept. 16, packing
September 18, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Outraged that a driver was beaten by a dispatcher for handing out union leaflets, cabbies at Kennedy Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 16 blocked exits
September 18, 2015 Reprinted: http://www.aflcio.org New York, NY – New York City bus operators signed a monumental legal agreement last week, clarifying the intent of Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial “Vision
September 11, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Nea Tepel A four-week strike by workers at the Ingersoll-Rand air-compressor plant in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga may end this week. Officials
September 9, 2015 By Tara Jessup New York, NY – Two Federal Transit Administration grants totaling $57,141,634 will pay for a new subway emergency communication system and the upgrading of
September 4, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Sept. 1 that Uber drivers qualified to proceed with a class-action suit against the
Aaugust 31, 2015 By Tara Jessup Lake Success, N.Y. – Drivers, plant operators and fillers at the Airgas facility in Islandia, N.Y., have voted to join Teamsters Local 282. The
August 25, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Washington’s state Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on August 20 that the $15-an-hour minimum wage the city of SeaTac voted in 2013
August 24, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Part 1: An Ex-Cabbie Looks at Uber When I drove a taxi some 30 years ago, I dreaded getting late-night fares to the Upper