Our Legislative Team was in Albany this week meeting with many Senators and Assembly members Lobbying for our new Bus Lane Enforcement Bill S6815/A8292, the Death Gamble Bill A6784/S6640, and we worked on a School Bus Bill for Local 252. Not only did we have some amazing meetings with the Read more
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 and Read more
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 and Read more
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 and Read more
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 position Read more
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 does Read more
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 will Read more
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 New Read more
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 his Read more
