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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 UnionRead more about Reminder: Local 106 was the First Union in America to change the BY-LAWS to Stop Medicare Advantage

(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 NewRead more about In the News: More delays to MTA’s East New York Depot repairs mean millions more in overtime

We are close to settling the TSC and SSII contracts but Labor Relations is doing what they always do, which is working at a snail’s pace, this is why we don’t have deals yet. We did have one MSII contract negotiation meeting so far but no MaBSTOA, MTA Bus orRead more about Update: Contract Negotiations for all Units

The NYC Transit Authority bought these Mobile Subway Car lifts a few years ago. They were delivered to 207 Street Yard and other yards throughout NYC to lift Subway cars when they are being repaired but they have never been taken off the crates they were delivered on years ago.Read more about New MTA Mobile Subway Car Lifts Rotting Away for Years

A message to our members: As you are all aware, the MTA has continued its harassment of our members by forcing us to litigate Bus Lane and Bus Stop violations issued to our members while they are working in their capacity as Supervisors. It is obvious to us that theRead more about Lawsuit Against the MTA/NYCT and NYC

We filed a Freedom of Information (FOIL) request today with the MTA to find out if the Transit Authority is actually enforcing the penalties to Construction Companies that have a contract to perform work in the Department of Subways. These contracts all have Liquidated Damages clauses in them. This clauseRead more about The MTA Needs DOGE to Investigate Waste and Abuse

https://www.mta.info/climate This link to the MTA’s Website referring their commitment to reduce carbon emissions while at the same time, the NYC Transit Authority runs buses kept outside all night during winter operations. This is just more of same old BS coming from the MTA, year after year with no oversite.Read more about What a Joke! Climate and the MTA. “Climate change is underway, and public transit is an important part in the fight against this existential threat”-This from the MTA website

Our great friends and Legislators in Albany, NY State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (District 23) and NY State Senator Andrew Gounardes (District 26) reintroduced the NYC Transit Worker Death Gamble Bill in Albany yesterday. Local 106 working with the TWU International went to work right away after Governor Hochul vetoedRead more about Transit Worker-Death Gamble Bill Reintroduced in Albany

Thank you to all the hard working men and women Dispatchers of the TSO, working around the clock, standing outside through this very cold rough winter weather, with another winter storm on the way, we remind you to be careful and do your best to stay warm. Also, it mustRead more about Applause for, Queens NYC Transit Dispatchers, along with MTA Bus Dispatchers and MaBSTOA Keeping the A Train Shuttle Running 24/7 for 5 months in the Cold and Snow