Finally. After being without a contract for more than three years and half years and through two Union and two MTA administrations, 18 months of bargaining mediation, impasse and interest arbitration, we received our just rewards with NO GIVEBACKS.
Mayor Bloomberg dropped a bombshell in the middle of his annual budget presentation yesterday by declaring that municipal workers who’ve toiled without contracts for as long as 3 1/2 years won’t get retroactive pay raises — even after he leaves office.
On May Day, the traditional workers holiday that falls on May 1, the Occupy movement will join hundreds of unions, immigrants rights and grassroots organizations and untold number of participants in New York City’s streets under the banner, “legalize, unionize and organize.
“As a City employee the Mayor continues to ignore the widening wealth gap within the five boroughs. In opposing these bills, he is sending the wrong message, that our scarce taxpayer resources are better spent on lining the pockets of wealthy corporate executives rather than creating fair-paying jobs to support working families and the communities in which they live.
MLK March,,,,Jamaica NY 2011 the photo with the ATU members marching also the photo with the naacp folks . These photos show the ATU at the forefront of keeping the Dream alive .
Labor Day 2011 ATU local 1056 represent in the 2011 Labor Day Parade
ATU Local 1056 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rally Washington D.C 2011
President Miller and V.P. Henry with ATU 689 President Jackie Jeter Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rally Washington D.C 2011
President Miller with Rev. Jessie Jackson Keep America Moving Rally, Penn Station
