NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A Con Edison worker was killed Thursday when a fiery manhole explosion trapped him underground in Brooklyn, authorities said.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Instead of the usual free improv set on Sunday night at Second City, unsuspecting audience members were treated to a very, very funny reunion of Second City's cast, circa 1969.Some of the performers, such as the movie director Harold Ramis, the inspired comic actors Joe Flaherty and Brain Doyle-Murray andthe Hollywood producer Eugenie Ross-Leming, have gone on to major showbiz careers. They showed...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Instead of the usual free improv set on Sunday night at Second City, unsuspecting audience members were treated to a very, very funny reunion of Second City's cast, circa 1969.Some of the performers, such as the movie director Harold Ramis, the inspired comic actors Joe Flaherty and Brain Doyle-Murray and the Hollywood producer Eugenie Ross-Leming, have gone on to major showbiz careers. They showed...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
By David Lambert - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO MOVE INTO SEASON THREE OF ROBSON ARMS ON DVD Toronto,... (more)
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Source: [b]Forbes[/b] By CRISTIAN SALAZAR NEW YORK - Consolidated Edison and a union representing nearly 9,000 of the utility's workers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday that averted a potential strike during the peak of summer when the threat of blackouts looms large. The deal follo...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Though the clock ticked past l ast night's midnight deadline for contract negotiations between Con Ed and the Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2, the two sides kept working and have worked out a tentative deal to avert a strike of about 9,000 members. Union spokesman Joe Flaherty, who had called Con Ed's previous offer insulting and "asinine," said though the talks were " extremely contentious...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Talks between Con Ed and its union continued past a midnight deadline, in an effort to avert a strike by 9,000 employees. Such a job action hadn't occurred in 25 years. A union representative said "it doesn't look good." The company said management employees were ready to take over if a strike indeed was called. The talks were taking place in East Rutherford, N.J.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Thousands of Con Ed employees may be striking tomorrow, if the utility keeps up their act. Joe Flaherty, spokesman for the Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America, said of Con Ed's 0.5% base raise , " They want us to strike, no doubt about it. Half a percent, followed by 1% in the years after that, is just asinine." Flaherty says the union made their wage proposal on June 18 , "After 12...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
New York, NY - Thousands of Con Edison workers could be walking off the job this weekend, since contract negotiations did not improve Thursday. Union officials from Local 1-2 said that they have not made any progress in talks with the utility, and say both sides remain “miles apart.” A spokesperson says the utility won’t budge on [...]
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Con Ed and about 9,000 workers are locked in a contract battle that may threaten the city's power come Sunday. According to Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2, the utility and workers are "miles and miles apart." Union spokesman Joe Flaherty explained the union wants better wages and medical cost coverage, benefits for workers retired on worker's comp, and advancement in job titles. But Flaherty...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
A COMPUTER worker who claimed to be a secret agent was found guilty of murdering his wife and baby daughter yesterday.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Today is Saturday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2008. There are 193 days left in the year.
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
There is a minute from the great TV show FREAKS & GEEKS (1999-2000), where the parents (Joe Flaherty and Becky Ann Baker) listen to a song by The Who to discern if it's decent or indecent. It runs about a minute. But, even funnier, is Mark Evanier, who found a Joe Cocker video complete with hilarious subtitles.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
It's great to hear that we may get to see Catherine O'Hara (pictured) every week, thanks to Rob Thomas, who may cast her in an ABC dramedy pilot, Good Behavior. The news got me thinking — there are so many...
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
"SCTV" alums Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Martin Short and Harold Ramis, are performing for a second time tonight at the Second City Theatre in Toronto. According to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
