Under the agreement, which runs until 5 January, workers receive 90% of their wages in “telework,” according to the union. Peluso said about 800 TCU members, including office and IT workers, worked from home. State rules limit the number of employees allowed to work simultaneously in certain offices. NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has reached an interim agreement on a new contract with TWU Local 100, the agency`s largest union, as confirmed Wednesday by representatives of both parties. “This agreement allows our members to continue to work while the MTA makes arrangements to allow all employees to enter offices safely,” said Nicholas Peluso, TCU National Representative. “… Workers covered by this agreement can continue to work until the end of the year, without Furlough`s constant fear. The MTA and its largest union announced an interim agreement on Wednesday, after six months of tension without agreement. “This interim agreement continues the forward momentum of NYC Transit, which has led to an increase in subway punctuality and the number of drivers that reflect the return of our customers` confidence in the system,” he said. “I am pleased to have found a negotiated solution with the MTA which I believe will overwhelmingly ratify local membership to 100,” Tony Utano, president of the Local Union of Transport Workers 100, said on the union`s website. Negotiations between the two sides had reached a peak in recent months, with a union leader threatening to publicly “camouflage and pluck” MTA leader Pat Foye and others.
MTA President and CEO Pat Foye and transport workers Union Local 100 announced an agreement Wednesday after months of back-and-forth between the authority and the union, which represents about 40,000 metro and bus employees. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Wednesday that it had reached an interim agreement with the transit workers` union to avoid a possible strike and end months of deadlock. “I want to thank the members of the TWU for the incredible support you have given to myself and the local leadership of the 100 during this campaign,” said Utano. “We really agreed. We will release the details of the agreement as soon as the board has had a chance to vote on it. Tony Utano, president of the Union of Local Transport Workers 100, said the parties had set the framework for the weekend agreement, and “after several days of intense negotiations,” came to the tentative agreement on Wednesday. The two sides were closely linked in their announcement. TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano said he was confident union members would ratify the colony “overwhelmingly” after a discussion on the agreement scheduled for Thursday. The framework of the agreement was reached over the weekend and ended after “several days of intense negotiations,” Utano said. Neither the MTA nor the union gave details of the contract, which must be ratified by members before it enters into force. On Wednesday afternoon, the MTA and the 37,000 members of the TWU union announced an interim contract agreement that will end months and months of acrimage, slowing down work and the very real possibility of a strike.
