Philip Valenti

We are tremendously happy and proud to have our great NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli visits us at our headquarters in the Bronx today. And to make it even greater, we had our awesome TWU International President John Samuelsen, International Secretary Treasurer Jerome Lafragola and International Staff Rep. Christina Scott andRead more about New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Visits the TSO/TWU Local 106 Office!

We want to thank Brooklyn Assemblyman Brian A. Cunningham for sponsoring our Bus Lane Bill now numbered as Assembly Bill A8292. The Local 106 Lobbying team will be heading to Albany today to meet with many other Senators and Assemblymen and Women to add support for the Bus Lane andRead more about Bus Lane Bill Gains Assembly Sponsor, Brian A. Cunningham, Bus Lane Bill now known as A8292

The TSO/TWU Local 106 Executive Council would like to wish a very Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms! Without all of you none of us would be here! We know the great sacrifices you all make for your families and on this special day we send our love andRead more about Happy Mothers Day!

We are happy to announce (just in time for Mothers Day) after an election between two great candidates and a tight, race, that Michelle M. Gonzalez has become the first officially elected Chairwoman of the Women’s Committee. We also want to thank Tulani N. Melendez for running for the positionRead more about TWU Local 106 Women’s Committee Takes Off!

If you are in this Union that means you are an adult and as an adult you know that when there are problems, it usually takes money to fix them. And if you are an MTA employee that could have retired, but dies before doing so and your family doesRead more about Fixing Problems Cost$!

Yesterday, April 30th the MTA Board approved the SSII and TSC contracts that had already been voted on and ratified by the membership. It will take a few weeks but members should first see the wage increases and Essential Worker Bonuses in their paychecks, shortly after that, retro checks willRead more about SSII and TSC Contracts Approved by MTA Board!

Union’s members issued violations when on the job, complaint says A union representing bus supervisors is suing the MTA over fines issued to union members who park in bus lanes when supervising bus inspections or maintenance. Posted Monday, April 21, 2025 6:20 pm BY DUNCAN FREEMAN A Transport Workers Union local representing NewRead more about TWU local suing MTA over bus lane fines

On Friday April 18th, one of our members that Dispatches Buses for Manhattan Road, was working his foot post at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and was brutally assaulted by a homeless man asking for money. When no money was given, the homeless man attacked, headbutting our member in hisRead more about Manhattan Road Dispatcher Brutally Assaulted

Philip Valenti, President of the Transit Supervisors Organization (TWU Local 106) announces his union lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NYC Transit Authority and the New York City Department of Finance regarding the agency’s illegal enforcement of civil violations against transit supervisors receiving tickets for parking their agency assigned vehiclesRead more about TRANSIT SUPERVISORS-TWU LOCAL 106 FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MTA, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

I want to give everyone an update as to where we are in negotiating the MSII, MaBSTOA, MTA Bus and Queens Contracts. The MSII contract expired in August and the other three contracts expired in December. We had one MSII meeting so far and have not had any on theRead more about Update on Outstanding Contracts