Court victory reinstates disabled city employees

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Stephon Johnson

Disabled city workers laid off by the Bloomberg administration are now able to return to work after a court decision.

District Council 37, the largest public union in New York City, won both a legal and arbitration victory involving almost a dozen members of DC 37 Clerical-Administrative Local 1549 who are 55-A employees (disabled) with the Administration of Children’s Services and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Those 55-A workers, who were laid off in 2011 and 2012, can now go back to work.

According to the union’s grievance, the city violated its contract with the union and New York City Human Rights Law when it laid off the workers by failing to include them on the recall list. The reinstated workers will be given back pay and have their seniority fully restored.

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/apr/03/court-victory-reinstates-disabled-city-employees/