The New York State budget was passed Saturday, which included the amending of the pension systems throughout the state to include that Tier 6 and Tier 3a members final average salary calculations were modified to change the look-back from 5 years to 3 years. This is a huge win for our Read more
Our Condolences go out to his family & friends. Please see the attached for services.
It is with deep sorrow that we have to announce the passing of another TSO brother, retired MTA Bus Dispatcher Antoine Farmer. See attached service information.
We are very sorry to report that our Brother, Reinaldo Vargas a Dispatcher at the ENY Bus Command Center and 18 year veteran of the OA Department of Buses has passed away. We mourn with the Vargas family and we will be there for them in their time of need.
Almost four years after President Biden swung open the doors of America and invited the rest of the world to come in, we are now dealing with many problems of this self inflicted invasion. One of the problems we are dealing with is squatters taking over your property. You need Read more
Important: Reminder from MTA about Dual employment. https://view.employeecomms.mta.org/?qs=2a30b39ac2825c0ff243f04b8f327d477178318728ebc2a3c87f261dfa71e802ddd975273fe1b8e098b1a99090513eb92b2874b7a1432589cea27db6afbb233218fd65367e8d3b1da26512f7ee73af81
The TSO team traveled to Albany to attend a New York State Public Employees Conference (NYSPEC) meeting to discuss the Tier 6 pension and possible changes to the Bill this Legislative session. NY State Senator Robert Jackson and Sponsor of one of the many Tier 6 Bills was in attendance Read more
We made some changes to our Apparel on the TSO Store including the option to buy Non-USA made items at a different price and we made some tweaks to some items we already carried. There will be more changes coming again soon. https://stlshirtco.chipply.com/local106/ This Jacket is being added this week.
We met with DOT on March 27th and some advice was given to us on what you should do when handling Transit business in a Authority vehicle. Please talk to your Division Chairman for details.
President Philip Valenti, Vice President Joseph Betancourt and Recording Secretary/Senior Political Director Jose DeJesus met today with MTA Chairman Janno Lieber and Senior Vice President of Labor Relations Anita Miller to discuss the Death Gamble Bill Legislation and working together in the future on issues that affect our members and Read more