Karen Matthews

• NYC, union trade harsh words over plan impasse

  By Karen Matthews  |  January 18, 2013

  The issue of teacher evaluations, which has been contentious around the country, brought New York City and its teachers' union to an impasse and harsh war of words that has put the city at risk of losing up to $450 million in state aid and grants.

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  NYC school bus strike enters second day

  By Eileen AJ Connelly, Karen Matthews  |  January 17, 2013

  A standoff between striking school bus drivers looking for job protections and a city administration that says they just can't have them has the potential to go on for some time, observers said, as parents struggle to get to work on time while scrambling to figure out alternatives for their...

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  NYC school bus drivers strike

  By Karen Matthews  |  January 16, 2013

  More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways to get to school.

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  American Airlines lauds NY worker's 70-year career

  By Karen Matthews  |  July 19, 2012

  American Airlines is celebrating the seven-decade service of a New York mechanic who turns 87 next month and has no plans to retire.