WE DO NOT WORK FOR FREE! This is a firm reminder. Unless you are being compensated, no work iPad, cellphone or any other type of work related piece of equipment should be going home with you! If you were promoted to a supervisor position within the last year you areRead more about Work iPad and Cell Phones Stay on Transit Property at the End of the Day!
A special thanks to all of you that will be on the job September 1, 2025 working for the NYC Transit Authority, MaBSTOA and MTA Bus. Everyone knows, in the city that never sleeps it’s the Transit system and Transit employees that never stops working. To those of you thatRead more about Happy Labor Day
United States Congressman Tom Suozzi celebrated his birthday at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville on Long Island, and Local 106 reps Joe Betancourt, Jose DeJesus and Todd Napoletano along with many other TWU New York and New Jersey Locals were on hand at the fund raising event.
The Local 106 Working Women’s Committee, working in a joint effort to assist TWU Local 252, has been collecting school supplies for some less fortunate kids in our area. If you would like to contribute, see the flyer below for details.
A new bill introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) would fix federal funding rules for transit and enable funds to be spent on transit operations instead of being restricted to capital projects – a top priority for the Transport Workers Union in next year’s surface transportation reauthorization bill. “ThisRead more about New Bill Would Fix Federal Transit Funding, Enable Spending on Operations
August 24, 2025 marked the first time in the history of the TSO/TWU Local 106 after the creation of Local 106’s Working Womens Committee (WWC) was created, that there was a formal gathering of the great ladies of our union under the WWC. The WWC Chairwoman Michelle Gonzalez and Co-Chairwoman/RecordingRead more about Working Womens Committee Meeting
Attention all Bus Maintenance Line Supervisors! As you know, when the mechanics inspect a bus during Scheduled Operations (SO) inspection and find defects, the depot has seven days to close out all the defects otherwise that bus is considered to have a blown inspection and that’s a problem for theRead more about Bus Maintenance Line Supervisors DO NOT closeout SO Inspections without making repairs!
Local 106 President, Philip Valenti and Senior Political Director Jose DeJesus showing up for a friend of all Transit Workers, NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins at the Castle Royale in Yonkers on August 12th. It was a great event and Local 106 was happy to be there in supportRead more about NYS Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins Friend of TSO/TWU Local 106!
If you are a man or woman living in the 5 boroughs of New York trying to get by and live a decent life and just raise your family in a safe peaceful society, you need to be concerned as we have a socialist running for Mayor and all ofRead more about TWU Local 106 Says Hell No to Socialist Mamdani!
We have been hearing it from many of our members that are Dispatchers working out in the street standing in Bus Stops dealing with those angry mobs of people that are waiting for buses on the BCC Led routes and we want to remind you, not to put yourself inRead more about Angry customers should be directed to call 511