TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years

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TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years
Posted by Gold_12th on Thu Apr 17 17:50:19 2014 edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Ending a two-year impasse, the MTA and the union for subway and bus workers in the city have agreed to a new contract that includes 8% raises over five years and will not increase the base fare beyond existing plans, Gov. Cuomo announced Thursday. The deal, brokered with the help of the governor, calls for the 34,000 members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 to receive 1% retroactive pay raises for 2012 and 2013, and 2% pay increases for 2014 through 2016. It also includes two weeks’ paid maternity and paternity leave, and improved dental and optical benefits. Worker contributions to health care costs would increase to 2% of base pay, up from 1.5%. “It was a long negotiation,” said Tom Prendergast, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “What we have here is a fair wage settlement for employees, an agreement consistent with our financial plan.” The agreement, which must be approved by the MTA board, came after Local 100 President John Samuelsen wrote to Cuomo on Tuesday night, requesting that he help overcome stumbling blocks in negotiations. The terms of the deal could influence contract talks with several other MTA unions, particularly ones for LIRR workers. Cuomo said the deal would have little bearing, however, on Mayor de Blasio’s efforts to reach settlements with 152 municipal unions whose workers are laboring under expired contracts. “I think these are separate situations,” Cuomo said. “The mayor will negotiate his contracts separately.” The MTA's budget plans call for the base fare to increase by as much as 4% next year. "The MTA had earlier raised the possibility of a much higher fare increase, one at double the rate of inflation," the Straphangers Campaign said in a statement following the announcement. "In the wake of widespread public outrage, the MTA pledged no more than a four percent increase, and possibly even less if the agency's finances continued to improve. "The devil is always in the details. So like many others, we reserve final judgement until we study the management-labor contract." http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-twu-local-100-reach-deal-new-contract-article-1.1760036#ixzz2zBOCqQVl
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Posted by JAzumah* on Thu Apr 17 18:22:58 2014, in response to TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Apr 17 17:50:19 2014.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d If the MTA does not raise the fare by at least 7.5% this year, they can expect a bond rating downgrade. Good luck building ANYTHING new for a while. They are hurting for new buses. They need to get serious about getting everything older than 14 years out the door tomorrow.
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Posted by JFK Depot* on Thu Apr 17 22:36:37 2014, in response to Re: TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years, posted by JAzumah on Thu Apr 17 18:22:58 2014.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d The problem with that is they can't scrap anything right now... There's NOTHING to replace what they would scrap yet... Until a new order comes in th best thing they can do is continue to shift buses around where they see fit... There's even NEW stuff crapping out right now because they are running them into the ground (C40 CNGs) The Hybrids in the outta boroughs aren't doing so well either (mostly Queens) But there's NOTHING in storage (ECH) that can replace anything right now They scrapped the 1996 Orion V's because of rotten frames... 1995 RTS for the same reason.. Preserved some 1996 RTS's which are now being put back in service... The 1998-99 D60HF's are literally on there LAST leg which is why they just returned to the Bronx.. ( it was stupid to send them to Queens in the first place because they were dropping like flies) So they go back uptown to be further preserved by depots who know how to work on them.... They scrapped damn near every Orion V CNG due to rotten frames and recertifying the CNG tanks would've been too costly for a bus that not gonna last anyway... What else can they really do ????? But wait until the NEW artics come in And the NEW LFS's and Xcelsiors come in
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Posted by Gold_12th* on Thu Apr 17 22:58:54 2014, in response to Re: TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years, posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 22:36:37 2014.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d IAWTP. They could buy used buses outside NYC again.
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Posted by JFK Depot* on Thu Apr 17 23:04:37 2014, in response to Re: TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Apr 17 22:58:54 2014.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d That's always a good idea... They just have to find another system who uses the same specs... That's gonna be the tough part... MTA is very funny with there specs (Engines and Seating) One min they want something next min they don't so if they can find another system who's buses are similarly spec'd then that could be an alternative
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Re: TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years
Posted by JAzumah* on Fri Apr 18 01:30:05 2014, in response to Re: TWU 100 & MTA agree on new contract deal: 8% raise next 5 years, posted by JFK Depot on Thu Apr 17 22:36:37 2014.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d It would not have been an issue if they stuck with the 7.5% fare increases or had not delayed the fare increase by three months. That $90M could have bought 210 40' buses.
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