MTA Implements Union’s Call for Expanded Testing
Contractor cleaning and disinfecting the subway train at Brooklyn College Station after lockdown from Covid-19, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. – Oct 01, 2020 …
NYU Releases COVID-19 Survey; Union, Experts Urge the MTA to do More Testing and Screening of Members
An NYU building in New York, NY on July 16, 2017. New York University is a private nonprofit research University located in New York …
Subway and Buses Boss Pitches MTA Salvation as Help for Working Poor
Empty subway station with few pedestrians as the result of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic outbreak in New York City. – March 21, 2020 (Shutterstock)
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Transport Unions Prevail on Mask Requirements
In a big win for the unions that represent city subway and bus workers and those employed by the commuter rail lines, transit riders
NYC Bus Drivers in Line of Fire as Some Riders Flout Mask Rules
New York City Bus with Masks Required Sign During Covid-19 Pandemic – New York, NY / USA – July 21, 2020 (Shutterstock)
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New MTA Unit Formed to Help Dozens of Families Left Behind by COVID-19 Deaths
MTA worker Thankachan Mathai, pictured with his sons Cyril, left, and Mathews, and wife Sheeba. Thankachan died in April after contracting the coronavirus. Courtesy …
ATU NYC Locals Rally Outside MTA HQ: “No Zeroes for MTA Heroes”
The MTA board met in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday within earshot of employees of the Amalgamated Transit Union who were demanding a new contract …
NYC Subway Crews Hit Hardest by Coronavirus, MTA Numbers Show
MTA employees clean subway tracks at 96th street station, last stop of Q line during COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY – May 6, …
TWU’s 10-Point Transit Plan For a Reopened New York City
The Transport Workers Union of Greater New York, Local 100, and the Transport Workers Union of America Have Jointly Announced the Union’s 10-Point Plan to Enhance Transit Worker and Passenger Safety in a Reopened New York
MTA employee exiting last stop of subway line at Coney Island Brooklyn. – New York, NY: May 12, 2020 (Shutterstock)
Joint Statement by Transport …
41 Transit Workers Dead: Crisis Takes Staggering Toll on Subways
The M.T.A. has been criticized for its response to the outbreak. Now a staffing shortage has made it difficult to keep even a diminished system running.
NEW YORK, USA – MARCH 21, 2020: Empty subway station with few pedestrians as the result of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic outbreak in New York …