contract negotiations

'The easy thing to understand is that this does increase the strain on the MTA's budget. The harder thing to figure out is by how much.'

Tensions between NY Times reporters and management are intensifying as the New York Newspaper Guild continues to lock horns with the company over stalled contract negotiations.

While the MTA and the TWU are still in negotiations, another big contract dispute has come to an end.

Hostess, the beloved bankrupt sweets company, may not have to be liquidated after all.

After a tough week in the morning news market, Matt Lauer announced he won't be leaving Today just yet.

After a month-long hiatus due to the TWU Local 100 President's health, talks between the two sides have restarted today.

If ratified a new hotel workers contract will not only give them more money, but will also outfit some workers with personal panic buttons—to try and prevent DSK 2: The Wrath Of Kahn, naturally.

Reportedly when the new MTA/TWU contract is signed, subway operators and conductors will be able to take three (paid) days off if they witness someone being hit by a train.

Two weeks after the head of the Transit Workers Union Local 100 walked out, talks between the union and the MTA are set to resume on Thursday. Whew!

"We would never take a strike off the table, never,\" TWU head John Samuelson—who walked out of talks last Thursday in a huff—said in Albany yesterday.