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MTA Threat to Freeze Wages an Early Blaze In Local 100 Election

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 3/10/21

Candidates challenging Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano in December officer elections have gone to the mattresses early, asserting that a Metropolitan Transportation Authority threat not to honor two scheduled pay raises is proof the union needs a change in leadership to gain respect.

Under their current contract, Local 100 members are entitled to a 2.5-percent raise in May and an additional 2.75-percent hike the following spring.

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