Under the false pretext of uncontrolled crime, the Trump administration is warning it will withhold desperately needed transit funds as it attempts to unilaterally shut down New York’s congestion pricing program.
Whatever the circumstances behind the accident, the ultimate cause is the failure to adequately fund basic rail safety measures.
The Citizen’s Budget Commission’s new report is a declaration of war on transit workers and riders.
Protests against the police shooting of an alleged fare evader and two bystanders on Wednesday were confronted with brutality by the New York Police Department.
TWU rank-and-file members must reject his slanders and countermand the threats of legal action. Instead, workers must organize actions in defense of the students.
New Jersey Transit engineers, who have been working without a contract since January 1, 2020, voted to strike last week.
The sellout deal for transit workers formalized on Wednesday was coupled with fare and toll hikes for commuters.
The proposed deal would force New York City transit worker retirees onto private Medicare Advantage plans that frequently deny coverage.
The deal would effectively transform the Transport Workers Union into a division of management to drive up worker productivity.
After hypocritically hailing transit workers as “heroes” and “essential workers” during the worst days of the pandemic, Democrats are demanding sweeping cutbacks from them.
Democratic Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul have initiated a police-led crackdown on the homeless in New York City subways.
Although at least 177 transit workers have died of COVID-19, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is prioritizing an increase in ridership.
The nation’s largest transit agency released its 2021 budget, proposing more than 9,000 layoffs and service cuts that would leave the transit network unrecognizable.
The MTA is considering reducing New York City bus and subway service by 40 percent as well as cutting commuter railroads service by 50 percent.
The vast majority of New York City transit workers boycotted a vote on a concessions contact backed by the Transport Workers Union.
The newly published Memorandum of Agreement between the TWU and the MTA seeks to incorporate the union into management, increase the transit agency’s exploitation of workers and financially reward the union bureaucracy.
The union organized the slowdown because it fears it will be unable to impose the demands of the Democratic Party-run transit agency without provoking a rebellion by workers.
Management’s demands are nothing less than a declaration of war and an attempt to institute slave-labor conditions.
The latest increases in fares and tolls presage further cuts to service and are expected to roll lead to more hikes.
Hill personified the transformed role of the unions, in both the public and private sectors, as junior partners of big business and the government in imposing attacks on jobs and living standards.
