Union Calls for Hazard Pay for Transit Workers

APRIL 22 -- TWU Local 100 Tony Utano is calling on the MTA to give transit workers “hazard pay.”

“I appreciate all the thanks and praise my members have been getting but that only goes so far," he said. "The risks transit workers face every day, and the sacrifices that have been made, demand they receive hazard pay from the MTA. Elected officials at all levels of government agree transit workers deserve hazard pay. Officials can pass legislation to reimburse the MTA at a later date - but my members should not have to wait for that to happen.”