TEA Union Head After Big Pay Hikes, Uniformed Status in Contract Talks
Syed Rahim knows the job first-hand. The president of Communications Workers of America Local 1182, which represents Traffic Enforcement Agents at Levels I and II, has written parking tickets in the searing heat and the bitter cold. He’s had his share of, well, “disagreements” with drivers. But as head of the local, he has other […]
NYPD TEA say their safety is at risk as they handle more duties usually done by cops
They’re not just meter maids anymore. NYPD traffic enforcement agents, once relegated to just writing parking tickets and directing traffic, have been given new duties over the last few years from recovering stolen automobiles to handling fender benders to responding to 311 complaints about blocked driveways — all jobs traditionally handled by actual police officers…… […]