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Two Dispatchers are Assaulted in the Bronx

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 9:02am

Within the past month two of our Dispatchers in the Bronx have been assaulted while on their foot posts performing their duties.  Both were taken to the hospital as a result of their injuries and were treated and released.  The Union is currently working with the Authority and law enforcement to identify and bring to justice their attackers.  However, if they are apprehended, these criminals at most will face misdemeanor charges.  We believe assaulting a supervisor while performing his or her duties is a very serious offense and should be treated as such.  To address this, we are partnering with the Subway Surface Supervisors Association (SSSA) to introduce legislation that would make assaulting a supervisor while performing their duties a felony.

Financial Disclosure Filing (JCOPE) for TA Line Supervisors

Thu, 09/08/2016 - 8:38am

If you have received a letter from NEW YORK STATE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS directing you to file a financial disclosure application, you should file an individual exemption application.  The Union has recently filed with the the NYS Joint Commission of Public Ethics a Union exemption application.  We are currently awaiting their response to our application, but believe based on the job duties of this title we should be exempt from filing.

You should send a copy of the application to:

Paige Graves
General Counsel
2 Broadway, Room D30.13
New York, NY 10004

Constitution and By-laws Revisions Ratified

Thu, 06/23/2016 - 8:45am

We are happy to report that the revisions to the Constitution and By-laws have been unanimously ratified by the members. We would like to thank everyone who attended one the of meetings and voted.  We will now have copies of the revised Constitution and By-laws printed and mailed to every member in good standing.

Governor Cuomo Signs - Veteran’s Equality Act

Thu, 09/08/2016 - 8:15am

**** Important Up-date ****

The OA Pension Plan has adopted the provisions of the Veteran's Equality Act.  OA veteran's can now apply for up to three years of service credit.

Veteran's who retired between May 31, 2016 and July 27, 2016, you may also be eligible to purchase prior
military service.

Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Veteran’s Equality Act (Larkin/Paulin) into law. Now, all New York State military veterans – regardless of where they served – will be able to buy back three years of pension credit in public retirement systems.

Legislation passed in 2000 allowed such buy-backs only for service during certain conflicts like WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War. Iraq was covered, yet Afghanistan, Kosovo, and certain other conflicts were not. And the legislation left out women veterans who were barred from combat zones.

He would like to thank Senator Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge) and Assemblyman Peter Abbate (D-Dyker Heights) for their unwavering support of this important legislation.

Under the new bill veterans can now obtain pension credit for your military service provided that:

-You were honorably discharged from the military;

-You file for the pension while you are an active member of the pension system

-You have at least 5 or more years of public service credit

-The total military service, wartime and otherwise that you may purchase is 3 years

Right-to-work law turns state workers into big losers

Mon, 06/06/2016 - 12:46pm

Why do workers in Michigan and Washington make more money than workers in South Carolina?  Unions…

By Erin McKee, President of the S.C. AFL-CIO| 

For some reason most folks in South Carolina know very little about unions. They just know they don’t like them. The dislike seems to be handed down from generation to generation.

People don’t understand what “right to work” is.  “Right to work” is about money and keeping unions from collecting dues in right-to-work states, weakening the unions ability to do a good job. In all states, you don’t have to join the union but you do have to pay for the cost of negotiating the contract and representation, but in right-to-work states, you can work at a union facility, get the same wages and benefits as everyone else, and call the union for representation if you get in trouble — but you don’t have to pay for that.

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