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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Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 1/14/09

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 1/14/09 Today's LexBlogsphere roundup has a few posts that start to look ahead ... ; Sullivan on their Federal Construction Contracting Blog Holiday Overtime - Somerville attorney Frank ... Another Banner Day at FDA - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:32:39

Skyrocketing Interest in Careers in Social Entrepreneurship and Start-ups Evidenced by MIT Sloan School “Tech Trek”

We are currently witnessing a shift in the job market away from the more traditional MBA path, ... at MIT’s Sloan School of Management embark on a “Tech Trek,” visiting companies of interest in San ... The students visited us in our San Francisco office, which was under construction at the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:39:17

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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