Utano Blasts MTA Threats of “Workforce Reduction”

TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano denounced a letter the MTA circulated among employees warning of a possible reduction in workforce unless the Authority secures new funding to close budget shortfalls in the next few years.

“To be talking about layoffs of any job title is ridiculous and outrageous," he stated. "Transit workers have been pushing non-stop to improve service, rebuild tracks, signals and structures, and in general to bring our system back to a state of reliability for the riding public.  Threatening layoffs is carelessly destructive to workforce morale at a time when the MTA should be thanking its workers for doubling down on bettering the system.”