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Labor Pains

By Olivia Fialkow 6/28/11 9:08pm

Labor Pains

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Protesters, and Rats, Greet Scott Walker in New York

“Say it loud! Say it clear! Scott Walker is not welcome here!” chanted a gaggle of union members and supporters gathered on a hot strip of strip of sidewalk in Grand Army Plaza Park on the Upper East Side this afternoon.

Walker, the first-year governor of Wisconsin, became a national villain of the labor movement in February, when–after a protracted stand-off that saw the state Capitol taken siege by activists–his bill to balance the state budget succeeded in stripping government workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. Read More

By Reid Pillifant 6/22/11 1:10pm

Labor Pains

Cuomo and CSEA Cut a Deal

Andrew Cuomo and CSEA — the union that represents 66,000 state workers — have reached a deal that will help the union avoid impending layoffs.

The five-year agreement calls for no increase in base wages over the first three years, and a two percent wage increase over the fourth and fifth years.

Danny Donohue, CSEA’s Read More