Recorded Live! City Workers Starved Under Bloomberg Send Message to Mayoral Candidates They Demand Fair Contracts
Thousands of N.Y.C. municipal employees, including health care, education, transit sanitation, communication, and public housing workers - the diverse category of workers who make NYC run, filled City Hall Park demanding new labor contracts. NYC's more than 300,000 employees have spent up to four years working under expired union contracts, without any wage increase to keep pace with inflation, while Mayor Bloomberg contends salary increases, and retroactive pay would blow a massive hole in the city's budget. Meanwhile, Bloomberg's predicted budget deficits each year have actually ended with billions in surpluses, while he continues to give billions in contracts to high-priced consultants and outside contractors, some of whom have been marked by fraud and incompetence. So, now municipal workers demand a new deal from a new Mayor in the new year.
produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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