On Friday September 29th, the Transportation Columbia Association honored TSO President Phil Valenti with their 2023 “Man-of-the-Year” award in recognition of all Phil’s accomplishments. Many of the TSO Officers attended the ceremony despite the historic rain and flooding that tookRead more about Columbia Association Honors TSO President Phil Valenti
The TWU International along with tri-state TWU Locals including Local 106 will be out supporting the Union and rank and file members of the Screen Actors Guild- SAG, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artist-AFTRA. This Union has beenRead more about The TWU will be out Supporting the SAG-AFTRA Union on October 3rd. Come Join US!
It’s Official! The Membership has Ratified the Contract! We would like to thank all of you for your patience during this difficult and long negotiation process. This negotiation has been grueling, with many sleepless days, nights and weekends. There wereRead more about A Message From the MTA Bus Transportation Team
The results from the contract vote is below. There were 218 votes cast with 209 voting Yes, 7 voting No, and 2 blank votes. The contract will now go to the MTA Board on October 25th to be approved.
On September 20th we filed a grievance for all Units of the TSO that were affected by this change. On August 27th the MTA and its agencies of NYCT, MaBSTOA, and MTA Bus made a sweeping change to the interpretationRead more about Update-Allowance for Work On Scheduled Day Off
MTA Bus contract ratification voting is currently underway. Please remember to cast your vote on this historic contract before the deadline on September 29th at 11:00am when the polling closes. If you have ANY issues with casting your ballot and/orRead more about MTA Bus Contract Ratification Voting
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,Read more about MTA Bus Unit/Contract Meeting
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.
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 theRead more about Hispanic Transit Society Honors Mike Rodriguez
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 thisRead more about MTA Bus Contract MOU, Side Letters and Meeting Notice! Pay Parity Finally Achieved!