THE CONTRACTING OUT CRISIS AT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY…replacing unionized civil servant architects and engineers with non union consultants causes serious problems with public housing project construction and renovation work
from CITY LIMITS: AUDIT: NYCHA CAPITAL PROGRAM IN TROUBLEAn internal report by the inspector general over the Housing Authority says management lapses and cost overruns will severely curtail plans to repair the city’s aging stock of public ... s in-house construction management team that normally oversees jobs. NYCHA was attempting to improve [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:04:00
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WSJ Declares Mathematician Best Job in US!
Not that I spend very much time reading the Wall Street Journal but a colleague pointed out this interesting article which claims that being a ... 198. Taxi Driver4. Biologist 197. Seaman5. Software Engineer 196. EMT6 ... 191. Ironworker11. Economist 190. Construction Worker12. Philosopher [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 02:10:00
NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT - Jack Ahern, the business manager of Operating Engineers local 30
from CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS:Jack Ahern: Organizing his worldNYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, ... has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts for the 4,000-member Queens-based local, including ... officials together last year following several high-profile construction accidents.“He knows people [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 23:32:41
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