‘We’re just waiting to see if it’s our turn to be the next to hit somebody,’ said one train operator.
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Bus Rides Slowed in Muck of MTA-Transit Union Contract Feud
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Repeated “safety checks” at bus depots around the city are snagging commutes, THE CITY has learned, with the union for transit workers locked in an increasingly nasty contract dispute with the MTA. According to […]
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Clock Ticking on MTA Overtime Glut as Union Sours on Governor
A crackdown on booming MTA overtime costs is coming — and carrying a whiff of labor unrest from transit workers. “The company brought this problem upon themselves and now they’re trying to blame the workers,” John Samuelsen, international president of the Transport Workers Union, told THE CITY on Thursday. “If they don’t want us to […]