Search PEP Archives | Public Employee Press Archives | Home June 2001 Public Employee Press A chance and a real job Big day at City Hall Bringing up a baby rhino is a job for mama Ella and Wild Animal Keeper Chris Wilgenkamp Contract vote triggers pension gains Easter bunnies for the homeless Editorial: A vote of confidence in your contract and your union GHI has unclaimed checks for thousands of members Green light for prevailing rate, CUNY talks HHC sinking fast to the bottom line Hospital per diem wins back his job Letters Local members meet with union nurses nationwide Members battle against "revenge of the dead rats" at DEP site in Brooklyn New contract vote is yes 97% OTB staff battle privateers Revitalized DC 37 community associations build political power in members' neighborhoods Social Security: Privatization and benfit cuts top the agenda of Bush's puppet commission Somos El Futuro forges its strength from growing numbers of Latinos and gears up for 2001 election State stalls closing of 27 clinics as City Council bails out Sydenham Toxic clinic sickens HHC staff Union presses for 911 equipment, staffing