Cuomo To Be Honored In Washington D.C. As "Champion Of Charters"
May's going to be a banner month for Andrew Cuomo and the charter entrepreneurs.First he's hosting a ritzy education reform vacation getaway/conference in Lake Placid for charter entrepreneurs and other reformy types and now we learn that he's to be honored by the National Alliance for Public (sic) Charter Schools in D.C. alongside other charter heroes like sex criminal/Sacramento mayor Kevin &quo
MTA/TWU Contract Agreement May "Set The Floor" For Other Contract Negotiations In City And State
First, some of the details of the contract:Under the MTA pact, members of the TWU Local 100 would receive retroactive pay increases of 1% for each of the past two years and 2% increases in each of the following three years. The deal would also give the union employees paid maternity and paternity leave, as well as increased optical and dental benefits.In a concession to the MTA, the employees woul
Funny What An Election Year Can Do To Politicians
Cuomo in January talking about contract negotiations:Meeting with the Daily News Editorial Board Wednesday, the governor went out of his way to point out that he had negotiated state worker contracts that included three years of zero raises.He did so in the aftermath of the national economic downturn, a time when inflation was essentially zero. Mayor Bloomberg took the same stance with the city’s
4-17-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo May Break CSEA Contract Pattern For MTA, Has Implications For City Contract NegotiationsJames Eterno at ICEUFT posted this morning that in its municipal contract negotiations the city is offering the pattern first set by Governor Cuomo and CSEA back in 2010 - a five year contract with 0% for the first three years, 2% in the fourth year and 2% in the fifth year.Cuomo sa