Some pics from the September 14th MTA Bus Unit-Contract Meeting posted below. We would like to thank all of our members that were able to join us for the Unit/Contract Q&A Meeting. We also want to thank V.P. Joe Betancourt, Rec Sec, Jose DeJesus, OA Maint Chairman, Tony Serrano, OA Read more…
It’s that time of the year again when the MTA asks everyone to complete the mandated training. The MTA is again allowing this training to be done off site. See Memo below for details.
We all know what happened on September 11, 2001 and we all remember where we were when our beloved World Trade Center buildings were attacked by terrorist. This terrorist attack on New York and America was felt strongest by us New Yorkers who had family and friends working in those Read more…
On October 20, 2023 The Hispanic Transit Society will be honoring our man OA Transportation Chairman Mike Rodriguez. The TSO will be there in full support of Mike and the other members that are being honored. For tickets to the event please contact the Hispanic Transit Society directly at (917) Read more…
After 15 years and four contracts we finally achieved pay parity equal to titles in the OA and TA! We are incredibly Happy and Proud of this contract and what we achieved here and we hope you agree that this is a great contract. We scheduled two meetings, (notice attached) Read more…
The Contract is missing one signature, once we get the contract back on Tuesday fully signed we will post it and send it to you. For now this is what I can put out that encapsulates what we achieved in this new agreement, see below Contract Highlights! This contract was Read more…
A special thanks to all of you that will be on the job September 4, 2023 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 stop working. To those of you that Read more…
After years of battling, today we received the first draft of what will be the MTA Bus contract. And I’m incredibly happy to tell you that we have achieved our goal of FULL PAY PARITY! This is an historic moment for the TSO as we have been fighting for 15 Read more…
Yesterday I had a one on one meeting with Labor Relations to discuss a few minor details of our contract. All of the major problems have been resolved including outstanding pension issues and the length of the contract. So what’s left? Before anything else is done, TA President Richard Davey Read more…
1-If you defer any amount of your retroactive pay you will still pay: Social Security tax 6.2%+ Medicare tax 1.45%=7.65% in taxes on the deferred portion of your retroactive pay. If you designate the entire amount of the retroactive, your regular take home pay will be reduced by the 7.65% Read more…