Quick-Thinking Local 2507 Saves a Man’s Severed Arm
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS A fast-acting Emergency Medical Technician in Local 2507 saved the severed arm of a man who was struck by a train on Staten Island. EMT Francis Jost [...]
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Local 1070 Member Pam Fuller Gives Back to Disabled Youth
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As a teenager coming of age in Brownsville’s Langton Hughes housing projects, Pamela Fuller literally dodged bullets and survived. Today her story [...]
“I plan to encourage my grandchildren to become union members. That means fighting now to make sure the labor movement is still alive.”
Pam Sage, Clerical Associate 3, Local 1549 If you ever have the opportunity to take on new experiences that you can learn from and help people through, take it. That is the [...]
“We try to put together an action plan for the family”
La’Nette Murphy, Parent Coordinator, Local 372 PS 15 is in the Lower East Side in District 1. I’ve been working there for 14 years as a Parent Coordinator. We have a [...]
Gender roles are changing, and it’s time for people to understand that’s a good thing.
Yasmine, Garcia, Traffic Device Maintainer, Local 1455 A lot of women should know they can move into nontraditional jobs. I came into the Dept. of Transportation 12 years ago [...]
Activists Flock to Organizing Summit
By ALFREDO ALVARADO The increase in “right to work” legislation being passed around the country, the threats to immigrants and the upcoming constitutional [...]
“An Elderly Guy Called and Said His Wife Just Shot Herself in the Mouth”
Monique Brown, Police Communication Technician, Local 1549 I have worked as a Police Communications Technician since I was 23. My mom filled out the application. She said, [...]
“Having clean, safe parks is important to the community and the quality of life for us all”
Carole Lee Singleton, Parks Supervisor, Local 1508 Neighborhood parks are backyards for most New Yorkers. Most of us live in buildings and don’t have backyards in the [...]
“Parents Felt Their Kids were Safe with Me on the Job”
Sallie Robertson, School Crossing Guard Retiree, Local 372 For 35 years I worked as a School Crossing Guard. My second assignment was in Brooklyn, at St. Francis of Assisi [...]
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