Local 154 in the News

PEP, February 2008: Contract Negotiations at Transit Authority

The Wave, January 2008: Team Deuce/Sorrentino Stop the Violence Holiday Tournament

AFSCME, September 2007: AFSCME Local Union Election Manual

PEP, October 2007: Foreclosure Fighters
DC 37 members at the City Commission on Human Rights fight to help victims of the mortgage crisis

AFSCME, August 2006: Protecting Labor Rights
AFSCME adopts Local 154 resolution geared to protect labor rights of public employees.

AFSCME, August 2006: AFSCME's Health Care Reform Blueprint for 2007 and 2008
Local 154 along with CSEA Local 446 and AFSCME Local 1000 presented resolution for AFSCME's position on Health Care Reform.

PEP, July, August 2006: An earnest advocate
Local 154 member Ted Finkelstein works with tenants and landlords to uphold city laws that protect people with disabilities

PEP, June 2006: Local President tells U.N. of labor rights violations
Local 154 President Juan Fernández criticized the long overdue UN report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee

PEP, April 2006: Health Dept. upgrades unhealthy office
Local 154 wins safer working conditions at 93 Worth Street site

PEP, January 2006: Profiles in public service: Immigrant Activist
Miguel Ramirez, a Human Rights Specialist builds bridges to the Big Apple for Latino immigrants.

PEP, August 2005: Chile's Social Security failure: Privatization by bayonet

PEP, May 2005: Local 154 members win pay hikes

PEP, May 2005: Isaac Parsee: From civil rights to human rights

PEP, February 2005: Battle for civil rights in New York City after WWII

PEP, January 2005: Human rights agency agrees to clean up its act

PEP, May 2004: Local 154 wins 20 grievances upstate

PEP, February 2004: Three members get public service awards

PEP, December 2003: Local 154 mobilizes upstate workers