A three-year push by an opposition group within Transport Workers Union Local 100 has prompted the state Department of Labor to notify the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that it is legally required to provide subway workers an uninterrupted half-hour lunch period.
Both the MTA and Local 100 agree lunch breaks for the rapid-transit workforce are governed by their collective-bargaining agreement, which provides for a paid lunch as well as compensation for missed breaks.
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