On March 11th Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul fired 2000 striking Correction officers because they refused to return to work because they did not think that enough was done, long term, to protect them like repealing the HALT Act. After the firing Governor Hochul signed an Executive order barring all fired Read more…
As Andrew Cuomo announces he is running for Mayor, New Yorkers should never forget what Cuomo is responsible for, Created the Tier 6 Pension, which has hurt all Civil Service Workers including NYC Transit Signed Bail Reform Law, which has lead to massive crime and lawlessness in the state COVID Read more…
The officers of TWU Local 106 were all incredibly proud and humbled to go out and stand with the toughest of the tough, and show the striking NY State Correction Officers at the Sing Sing State Penitentiary our support and respect for the job that they do. We know that Read more…
As President Trump pushes to kill congestion pricing and Governor Hochul fights like hell to ensure New Yorkers continue to pay more to just drive into Manhattan, what I predict is that Congestion pricing will end for good and the MTA will then look at the MTA workforce as their Read more…
TSO/TWU Local 106 President Philip Valenti and Vice President Joseph Betancourt laid it on the line with the MTA Board today, letting the board know that Local 106 is here to call out the mistreatment of supervisors, mismanagement of the MTA, a need for DOGE, and the crisis the MTA Read more…
TSO/TWU Local 106 stands in solidarity with the New York State Corrections officers who walked off the job and went on strike two weeks ago. We know that Corrections Officers have the most dangerous and toughest job in the country and recent law changes over the last few years have Read more…
If you hired on or before August 1, 2000 and were placed on the Sick Leave Control List (as a TSO member) and you were NOT paid on the first day on any sick leave absence while on the SLCL, we want to know about it. This only applies if Read more…
For some reason we suddenly started getting a slew of inquiries from active and retired members worried that we were going to eliminate Medicare as an option and force all current and future retirees into Medicare advantage. I want to remind everyone that TSO/TWU Local 106 was the first Union Read more…
(Evan Simko-Bednarski for New York Daily News) Keep in mind before you read this article, the Department of Buses under the guise of cost savings, cut 10 Road Dispatcher jobs. The Road Dispatcher is the front Line Supervisor in the DOB. The MTA’s plan to fix the ailing East New Read more…
