Local 100 Veterans Accept DOD Honors for MTA/NYCT
MTA/NYCT has won the prestigious Pro Patria Award from Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The official recognition by the Department of Defense was presented at an awards banquet on April 28th . The award, showing an American Eagle perched next to the DOD insignia was picked up at the event by Telephone Maintainer Dartagnan Magana, (in black) and by MaBSTOA Facilities Maintainer Steven V. Carl, along with a certificate. Brother Magana was a Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) in the US Marine Corps, deployed both to Iraq and Afghanistan, and was on active duty for ten years. He now works in the Union Hall assigned to the Tier 6 team. Brother Carl is a Petty Officr 2nd Class (E-5) in the US Navy, who has served from 2003 to the present. The ESGR award honors the “dignity, fairness, and respect accorded the active members of the Guard and Reserve in the employ of MTA/NYCT.” Congratulations to all concerned. 