Union Files Charge Against MTA Health Care “Audit”

Local 100 members recently received a letter from MTA NYC Transit asking for copies of dependent birth certificates and other documents to “audit” health care coverage. The letter says members have until June 21 to supply the information or dependant coverage will be terminated.

Local 100 contends that NYC Transit cannot ask for such documentation. We have filed an improper practice charge at the Public Employee Relations Board along with other locals representing transit employees.

At the same time, we urge members to comply until we get a ruling from PERB halting this improper practice. Nobody’s dependent coverage should be put at risk, even for a day.

If NYC Transit moves to terminate anyone from health coverage for failure to provide the requested documents, we will immediately ask PERB to obtain an injunction from the courts to block this. A May 24 ruling by PERB’s Associate Counsel has already opened the door to such a step on the part of Local 100 and the other transit unions.