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2019 MJQ Scholarship Winner

Thu, 05/16/2019 - 6:52am

Congratulations to America Pineda, daughter of MTA Bus Dispatcher Fausto Pineda-Mora on being chosen as a Union Benefit Planners $2500 Scholarship Winner!

 

America is the first scholarship winner from Local 106.

MTA's Fabricated Overtime Crisis

Sat, 05/11/2019 - 12:00pm

TWU International President, John Samuelsen responses to the fabricated overtime crisis at the Emergency MTA Board Meeting on Friday, May 10th.  https://youtu.be/P9Jd7Mxb9sA

We fully support our fellow labor leaders on the MTA Board for calling out MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye and Board Member Laryy Schwartz for thier total distortion of facts and disregard for the hard work and dedication of the labor work force that has over the past year turned around the steep decline in subway and bus preformance.  What is most shocking about this is that the presentation by the MTA Cheif Finanical Officer, Bob Foran contradicts what Messrs. Foye and Schwartz are claiming!

General Recording Secretary Election

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:19am

 ***UPDATE***

At 10AM this morning the ballots were counted and the results are as follows:

 Transit Supervisors Organization
General Recording Secretary

 

 

 

Jose DeJesus 

198

(39.84 %)

Mike Rodriguez 

136

(27.36 %)

Roderick Bailey 

85

(17.1 %)

Steven Lopez 

57

(11.47 %)

Nurul Zahangir 

21

(4.23 %)

We would like to congratulate Jose on being elected to the position of TSO General Recording Secretary.  We would like to also thank all of the candidates who participated in the election.  Jose will assume the position effective immediately.

We recieved seven nominations.  Six were deemed eligible to run for the position.  The following are the eligible candidates for the General Recording Secretary position:

Jose DeJesus - MS II

Rod Bailey - MTA Bus

Marc Harvey - MTA Bus (declined the nomination)

Steven Lopez - OA Trans

Mike Rodriguez - OA Trans

Nurul Zahangir - OA Trans

The election will be conducted by electronic balloting. The American Arbitration Association (AAA) will handle the balloting process.

  • Ballots will be mailed out on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
  • Anyone who does not receive a ballot should call AAA at (800) 529-5218.  This number is to be utilized for duplicate ballot requests only and is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.  Please do not call prior to April 19, 2019.
  •  AAA must receive ballots by 10:00 AM on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
  • The ballots will be counted at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  The winner of the election will take office immediately thereafter.

Brothers and Sistors,

On January 10, 2019, TSO General Recording Secretary, Michael Lawson, was elected OA Transportation Vice Chairman.  As a result of this, his previous position as General Recording Secretary is now vacant.

This position will be filled by a General Election.  Nominations, eligibility requirements and the election process for this position shall be in accordance with our By-laws.  The Executive Council has designated the TSO Secretary Treasurer, Hubert Reardon, to conduct the election.  Information on the election was mailed to every member in good standing on Friday, March 8, 2019.

MSII Tentative Contract Agreement Ratified

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 7:46am

***UPDATE***

On Wednesday, March 27th the MTA board ratified the agreement.  As soon as we recieve the implementation schedule we will post it here.

The 2018 - 2020 MSII contract was overwhelmingly ratified by the membership on Friday, March 22nd.

The agreement will now go to the MTA Borard on Wednesday, March 27th for final ratification.

Once the agreement is ratified by the Board we will kepp everyone updated on the implementation schedule.

I would like to thank the members and Officers for their support of the agreement!

We are happy to announce that we have reached a tentative contract agreement.  We believe this contract provides the MSIIs with important and significant gains.

Some of the gains we were able to achieve this round of negotiations include:

  • Two 2.5% Wage Increases with Full Retroactivity
  • $500 Pensionable Lump-sum Payment
  • Expansion of Night Differential Hours
  • A Full-Time MSII Union Representative 
  • $820 Annual Supervisor Maintenance Bonus
  • Increases in Annual Longevity Bonuses
  • OTO Pilot Program
  • Full Dental & Vision Coverage for Dependent Children through the Age of 26
  • Step Children Added to Death in Family

The contract ratification process will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and will be done by electronic ballot.  The ratification vote will be open to only members in good standing.  Ballot Notification will be mailed on Friday, March 8th. Ballots are due back by Friday, March 22nd, at 10AM.  If the contract is ratified by the members, it will then go to the MTA Board on Wednesday, March 27th, for final ratification.

I would like to thank the Officers for all of their input, assistance and support in these negotiations.

Fraternally,

Vincent Modafferi

President

SSII Tentative Contract Agreement Ratified

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 7:45am

***UPDATE***

On Wednesday, March 27th the MTA board ratified the agreement.  As soon as we recieve the implementation schedule we will post it here.

The 2018 - 2020 SSII contract was unanimously ratified by the membership on Friday, March 22nd.

The agreement will now go to the MTA board on Wednesday, March 27th for final ratification.

Once the agreement is ratified by the Board we will kepp everyone updated on the implementation schedule.

I would like to thank the members and Officers for their support of the agreement!

MTA Bus Interest Arbitration

Fri, 02/15/2019 - 7:52am

*** Implementation Update ***

The below dates have been confirmed:

  • Sunday, February 10th – New Wage Rates and 2% Medical Contribution rate go into effect.
  • Thursday, February 21st – MTA Bus RWA Deferral Commitments Due.
  • Thursday, March 28th – RWA’s are paid on a separate check.
  • 2% Medical Contribution in arrears to December 28, 2018 will be deducted from the RWA check in a lump sum.
  • New Union Dues Rates will go into effect with the GWI's on February 10th.
  • Military Buy-back is in effect

We still do not know when the new pension contribution rate will go into effect. We will continue to follow-up on this and let you know.

The Company is not going to have the RWA amount available to the members until AFTER it is paid and the commitment forms are due.  This was done when the last RWA was paid as well. 

RWA Calculator - Data should only be entered into the yellow fields.

***FINAL Arbitration Update ***

As we said from the very beginning exceeding the pattern would be an uphill battle.  However, we believed that if any bargaining unit would be able to break the bargaining pattern it would this bargaining unit in this round of negotiations, but as you can see the arbitrator upheld the contract pattern.  To say the least, we are very disappointed with the outcome. 

 

We had argued that the current disparity in wages between our members at MTA Bus and their OA & TA counterparts is the fault of the Company – for hiring those who were formerly non-represented at egregiously low starting wages and then expecting the Union to shoulder the entire burden of closing that gap through bargaining concessions.  Throughout this entire process, the Company would neither admit nor accept responsibility for the current wage disparity that exists.  We believed this process should have cured that problem, but it did not – which leads to the larger concern about the rigid application of a pattern to this dispute.  The word “pattern” is not in the statute.  However, the Company purposefully and without justification ignores the very specific factors set forth in the law – effectively reading them out of the stature – and holds that the only factor that matters is a pattern previously set by other bargaining units, without any consideration of the unique circumstances of this bargaining unit. 

 

We will begin negotiating a successor agreement in early January and will schedule a member meeting in January as well to discuss the award and our next round of negotiations.  I would like to thank everyone for their patience and support throughout this long and arduous process.   If you have any questions please contact me.

 

Fraternally,

Vinny

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