MTA Approves Contract

The MTA board formally approved the new Local 100 contract. Board members voted on the package during the Executive Session of the Authority’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 2 Broadway. The next step is for the MTA and union to establish implementation dates for the wage-rate increases and some of the other improvements in the package. Local 100 will publicize those details once they become available. The contract requires the MTA provide members the $3,000 Essential Worker Bonus payment in September. Local 100 leadership is discussing with the MTA how members can take advantage of different pay-out options. You will have choices, including the ability to roll the bonus over into your MTA 401(k) account or 457 plan. 

Local 100 also will publicize those details in the coming weeks. Two greatly improved benefits are in effect right now: expanded maternity leave and paternity leave. Mothers can now take 12 weeks paid leave after childbirth to care for a newborn, up from two weeks. Fathers can take 4 weeks, double the previous allotment. Contract implementation updates will be posted on the union website – twulocal100.org – and Social Media. The independent American Arbitration Association carried out the mailing and counting of ballots for the ratification. AAA announced the vote tally on Monday: 68.75% voted “Yes” and 31.25% voted “No.” The agreement includes nearly 10% raises over three years; medical coverage for the widows, widowers, and children of our COVID-19 victims; and more money from the MTA to improve dental and vision care.