Following Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano’s declaration of an impasse in contract negotiations with the city’s firefighters union, the state Public Employment Relations Board agreed that talks had dissolved and mediation is needed to end the standoff, The Journal News/lohud.com reports today. If mediation is unsuccessful, the city and the union… Read More →
The Civil Service Employees Association in Rockland went to court Friday to seek an injunction against County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef’s decision to close a taxpayer-funded pharmacy that provided union employees and retirees with free prescriptions for maintenance medications. The county executive terminated the contract with the company that operated the… Read More →
A pharmacy for Rockland County workers for decades closes today, but union leaders are vowing a court fight to reopen it, The Journal News/Lohud.com reports today. Closing the pharmacy will save taxpayers about $2 million a year, according to County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef. County employees and retirees will now have… Read More →
