Labor Lines

The Long Island Economy is to a significant degree dependent on the LIRR. The MTA’s disingenuous bargaining tactics are driving the unions towards a LIRR strike. Anthony Simon, General Chair of SMART, the largest LIRR union, is a lead negotiator. He explains the MTA’s ploy to demonize the workers as the parties responsible for the strike, to turn public opinion against them. Listen and find out why we are being pushed into such a precarious situation. LI edition: Nick Lamonte, regional director for Long Island CSEA, tells us about the latest attempts to outsource school cafeteria workers. By the way, the district won’t save any money. Worse yet, it’s happening in the school district where Nick lives. To say he is incensed is an understatement.  NYC edition can be heard on www.laborlines.com: With all of the noise from the Tea Party it would seem that the Republican party is staunchly anti-immigration Not so, at all. Bob Quasius, the  founder of “Café Con Leche GO