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Employees of the New York City Transit Authority assigned to the New York City Subway and in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx are members of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100, with Queens and Staten Island bus personnel represented by various Amalgamated Transit Union locals.
TWU represents ground service employees, maintenance workers, flight attendants and other employees at a number of different airlines, including American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Alaska Airlines . It also represents employees of Amtrak, Conrail, and several small short line carriers.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.
The union representing MTA workers says they are outraged after Alexander Wright, the suspect accused of assaulting subway cleaner Anthony Nelson, was referred to mental health court.
Metro-North Railroad train mechanics and cleaners say they’re gearing up for a strike, claiming the MTA isn’t sending “decision makers” to ongoing mediation talks.
Established in 1892 as the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America, the union was centered primarily in the Eastern United States; today, ATU has over 200,000 members throughout the United States and Canada.
The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority has installed a memorial tribute to the 136 transit workers who have died from COVID-19.
In December 2005, the TWU Local 100 called a strike in New York City. Negotiations for a new contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) broke down over retirement, pension, and wage increases. The strike began at 3:00 a.m. EST on December 20.
Six subway stations now have vending machines for the refillable, tap-to-pay OMNY cards as the MTA preps a system-wide expansion next year.
A 1980 transit strike in New York City halted service on the New York City Transit Authority (a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) for the first time since 1966. Around 33,000 members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 walked off their jobs on April 1, 1980, in a strike with the goal of increasing the wage for ...