Union Hammers Foye on Car Cleaner Cuts
TWU Local 100 has been hammering MTA Chairman Patrick Foye for the authority’s Car Cleaner cuts and anti-worker rhetoric. Administrative Vice President Nelson Rivera provided the media with photos of disgusting subway car conditions at the Stillwell Terminal in Coney Island. The photos highlight the understaffing and the harsh working environment of the subway.
“These disgusting conditions are terrible for riders and workers,” TWU Local 100 Administrative Vice President Nelson Rivera said. “If MTA Chairman Pat Foye wants to talk about ‘worker availability,’ he needs to recognize that this environment and unacceptable assaults are causing workers to get sick and injured.”
Local 100 secured coverage from news channels CBS2, NBC4 , WPIX11 and Fox 5; The City, an on-line news publication staffed by veteran NYC reporters; The New York Post and The Staten Island Advance.
The MTA has cut 81 terminal Car Cleaner positions in the last couple of years through attrition.