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TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen Presents Petitions to MTA Board, Urges Cost-of-Living Contract Agreement

At its December 18th meeting the Board of the NYS Metropolitan Transportation Authority heard from TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, who delivered 30,000 petitions from riders and workers urging the Board to reach a contract settlement which include retroactive cost-of-living raises. Local 100 members have been without a contract for nearly two years. This raw footage video will be updated with new content from the rally outside on Madison Avenue as well.

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TWU Membership Rejects MTA ‘Poison Pill’ Demands; Empowers Leadership to Make Contingency Plans

At its annual constitutionally required Mass Membership Meeting today, the assembled membership of Transport Workers Union Local 100 heard reports from the union’s leadership and passed a resolution expressing their determination to arrive at a negotiated contract settlement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The resolution rejected what it called the MTA’s ‘indefensible” claims of inability to pay a fair wage increase and formally called upon the union’s leadership to “make plans for every contingency.” Union members have been working without a contract since January of 2012.

Retirees Rockin For the Holidays

The TWU Retirees Association got the holidays started with a gala dinner and dance at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx!

Marines Take Toys for Tots Delivery from TWU

TWU Local 100 facilities manager Joe Ruggerio, with Paul Piazza and Tareque Ahmed, both members of the Executive Board from Stations Department, deliver over 200 toys to US Marines at the military base at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn on Dec. 16. The toys were collected at the union’s mass membership meeting on Saturday, December 14th. One toy was donated by Station Agent Steve Anderson, who brought a football for the toy drive as Station Agent Theresa Green played Santa’s elf. Also in the pic are Stations' Paul Piazza and Paul Flores. The toys will be distributed by the Marines to children in area hospitals.

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