Fired day care workers fighting hard to get their jobs back

By Clare Trapasso

Workers at a chain of city-supported Queens day care centers who said they were fired after forming a union are fighting to get their jobs back.

But a company official denied they were let go due to union activities.

Annette Olivero and 17 other Books & Rattles workers said they were fired several weeks after about 90 workers voted to join the Communication Workers of America Local 1180 in May.

NY gov opposes borrowing to bolster budget

By Valerie Bauman

New York Gov. David Paterson is ruling out borrowing as state leaders try to close a $1.5 billion budget gap in the last five months of the fiscal year.

Paterson says he fears rating agencies would downgrade the state’s credit standing if New York used loans to address the financial crisis.