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Today we found out that the DEP will not blast at the Jerome Park Reservoir. Check out the link at our related web page of the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) at our Front Page News: http://www.bceq.org/2008/08/29/news-bceq-wins-blasting-fight-with-dep/.
Congratulations to all,
Karen
Day 184 – Since the striking members were still on strike after midnight I will consider this day 184.
Around 4:30am, The new administrator, Bruce Zarret, whom I officially have not met yet arrived at Kingsbridge, we all were hoping this was a good sign that things were going to go smoothly. With the judges [...]
On August 15, 2008 the NYC Health Department issued a press release that stated Two New Yorkers have been infected with the West Nile Virus. You can read it here: Two New Yorkers Test Positive for West Nile
What does this have to do with the Reservoir you ask?
Simple, for the last several months the DEP [...]
Please be patient. We have many photos and lots of things to write.
By now all the shifts have reported and most people are working. We don’t really understand why, but for some reason the home thinks the workers needed orientation, so they found out the new rules.
Hopefully, they will find all the right [...]
10:00am – The workers have been let into the building at this time. Helen arrived around 7am and the workers were slowly let in starting around 7:30am. They were allowed to enter in small groups. It seems like the new administrator has his hands full, I hope that Helen has prepared him for all of [...]
In the early hours of Thursday morning, 5:00am to be exact. The striking members that are ready to return to work have been locked out by the administration of Kingsbridge Heights. The next shift at 5:30am tried unsuccessfully to report to work as they were locked out as well. Every shift that arrives will try [...]
Day 183 – Wow, day 183… Can you believe it has been six months since this strike began. The members have braved the snow, the cold, the rain and the heat all because they believed they were right. Well they believed correctly, THEY WERE RIGHT! All along the way, we (FIPNA) stood with the 1199 [...]
The second appeal to stay the injunction that was made to the second supreme court has been thrown out, according to a senior union representative. This means that as of tomorrow morning all Kingsbridge 1199 union members will be reporting for work.
Union officials are ready to enter the facility with the workers to manage the [...]
Day 182 – I am sure you are all waiting to see what is going on. The latest news is that the striking members are preparing to return to work on Thursday as the injunction had ruled. However Helen has decided to appeal the injunction (surprise-surprise) to the presiding judge, the judge immediately threw out [...]
Day 177 – Well by now I am sure you have heard that the union was granted the 10(j) injunction they had requested. This is finally some good news for the striking members. What this means is that Helen had 5 business days to take the striking members back in and return them to their [...]
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