Longshormen, others among the largest PACs
August 14, 2008
Dockworkers, public-school teachers and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano lead an army of special interests, with nearly $70 million in their campaign coffers, according to an analysis of PAC money.
The first-of-its-kind survey by the New York Public Interest Research Group of more than 3,300 active campaign accounts found political-action committees accounted for more than a third [...]
State slaps city’s Board of Elections
August 14, 2008
The city’s Board of Elections is violating the law by not using a statewide voter database to help get rid of duplicate registrations, state election officials ruled.
The state Board of Elections, in a ruling this summer, gave the city agency until next Wednesday to start using the database and reduce as many duplicate and outdated [...]
Verizon, 2 unions agree on new 3-year contact
August 11, 2008
Telecommunications company Verizon and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike within hours agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits.
The pact, which must be ratified by union members, was hailed as a “breakthrough agreement in many ways” by Communications Workers of [...]
Union Dues Now Permanently Mandatory for Public Employees
July 24, 2008
As political rituals go, it was one of Albany’s most predictable.
Every two years, a state law that required public employees to pay their unions’ dues regardless of whether they joined would near expiration. And every two years, the Legislature would renew the law. For more than three decades, unions pushed to make it permanent. But [...]
Con Ed Workers Begin Contract Negotiations
June 18, 2008
As Con Edison works to keep up with the demand of the hot summer months, thousands of workers who keep the electricity flowing are threatening to walk off the job, if they don’t get a new contract.
The members of Local 1-2 voted to strike if a new contract is not reached by the end of [...]
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