“As one anonymous MTA insider has acknowledged to Post reporter Nolan Hicks, the monopoly-bargaining privileges afforded by law to Mr. Simon and his cohorts make them so powerful that it’s ‘just easier to light more taxpayer money on fire than fix’ LIRR."
So-called ‘SMART’ Local 137 union officials disclaim representation rather than face a decertification vote of rank-and-file Calmac Corp workers
The defeat of Sen. Barack Obama by Hillary Clinton keeps her hope of getting the Democrat nomination alive and she has Big Labor bosses to thank for it. An alphabet soup of labor unions — the American Federation of State,…