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Collective Bargaining

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Mets' CBA Quandary: Should Wright Stay or Should He Go?

    The new five-year collective bargaining agreement signed by baseball owners and players yesterday features a list of tweaks to rules big and small: Among other things, fair/foul calls can now be overruled by instant replay, teams can activate a 26th man for doubleheaders, and those shatter-prone map ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2011

    45K Verizon Workers Strike; 'Limited Disruption in Service' Expected

    SCAB!​Forty-five thousand union workers for Verizon went on strike across the Eastern seaboard at midnight last night after labor negotiations faltered. Communications Workers America says that Verizon is demanding "more than 100 concessions from workers regarding health care, pensions and wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Let's Be Clear: NFL Players Smacked Down the Owners

    NFL players' honcho DeMaurice Smith​As you may have heard, the NFL lockout ended just a short time ago, and since the TV commentators I'm hearing seem to be confused about who actually came out on top, let me give it to you straight. I'll repeat my words in this space on April 27: "I think I can c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    NBA Owners Will Lock Out Players at Midnight

    ​Labor negotiations between NBA team owners and players broke down this afternoon as the two sides couldn't reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The players union presented an offer that was rejected by the owners at their three-hour meeting in New York. This comes after one of the lea ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2011

    Native Land

    ​Labor negotiations between NBA team owners and players broke down this afternoon as the two sides couldn't reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The players union presented an offer that was rejected by the owners at their three-hour meeting in New York. This comes after one of the lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    NFL Heading to Midnight Deadline: Owners Hold a Slim Lead

    ​NFL players head into the final day of negotiations with owners holding a 3-0 lead. (The current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires at 11:59 pm ET Thursday night.) On Tuesday, US District Court Judge David Doty overruled a Feb. 1 decision to reject the NFLPA's request that $4 billion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Furloughs? David Paterson Backs Himself Into a Bad Position, Again

    ​Maybe it's just David Paterson fatigue. The media is so tired of kicking the governor around that we're letting him posture as a bulwark against fiscal madness when he's one of its causes. It took a federal judge a minute or two to figure out that Paterson's furlough plan was an illegal vio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Jockbeat: Class Struggles at the Scrimmage Line

    You haven't been reading much about the beginning of the NFL's labor talks, and that's a pretty good indication that you're going to be reading a lot more about it by this time next year. So get primed now.  First, there's a new sheriff in town, DeMaurice Smith -- or De Smith, as he calls himse ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 8, 2009

    Native Land

    You haven't been reading much about the beginning of the NFL's labor talks, and that's a pretty good indication that you're going to be reading a lot more about it by this time next year. So get primed now.  First, there's a new sheriff in town, DeMaurice Smith -- or De Smith, as he calls himse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Staten Island Senator Talks Back to Mayor

    Even Staten Islanders are cracking on Bloomberg these days. Staten Island-based state senator Diane Savino is the new senate civil service and pensions committee chair, and she said yesterday in the Staten Island Advance that when it comes to changing pension and compensation plans for new civil ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Hillary Ran From Me

    Even Staten Islanders are cracking on Bloomberg these days. Staten Island-based state senator Diane Savino is the new senate civil service and pensions committee chair, and she said yesterday in the Staten Island Advance that when it comes to changing pension and compensation plans for new civil ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2005

    Labor Bigs Hit NYU

    Even Staten Islanders are cracking on Bloomberg these days. Staten Island-based state senator Diane Savino is the new senate civil service and pensions committee chair, and she said yesterday in the Staten Island Advance that when it comes to changing pension and compensation plans for new civil ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2005

    Mayor's Brave Face on Cop Raises

    Even Staten Islanders are cracking on Bloomberg these days. Staten Island-based state senator Diane Savino is the new senate civil service and pensions committee chair, and she said yesterday in the Staten Island Advance that when it comes to changing pension and compensation plans for new civil ser ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Losing Their Faculties

    At NYU, Angry Professors Talk of Unionizing

  • NYC Life

    October 3, 2000

    NYU's Labor Pains

    The UAW Organizes Grad Students

  • News

    May 23, 2000

    Wal-Mart’s First Lady

    Hillary’s Past Belies Her Support of Labor

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