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 Read more…
(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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
