Separation allowance/recall

Any member of TWU Local 100 who is being laid off because of reduction of number of employees in a job classification in any department or section or because the MTA elects to eliminate that title, a department or a section of any department must be paid a separation allowance of $500.00 for every month based on prior period of employment (length of service). For example if a member has worked for twelve years then the figures should look as follows 12x12=144x500=$72,000. This separation allowance will cover all levels of members of TWU Local 100 - part time, provisional, probationary or permanent. In addition those discharged will be reimbursed in cash value based on their pay rate for their sick - leave, vacation time, and personal day.

Any member who is laid off due to a reduction in number of employees shall be placed in a recall list for a period of five years from their date of layoff. That list will supersede all hiring lists till its exhaustion - those on the recall list will be recalled in accordance with their seniority intact entitling such an employee to be recalled to the job or title he/she had at the time of the layoff in accordance with his/her seniority and the current pay rate (not at the former rate of pay). Also MTA will not demand from the member of the TWU Local 100 the amount of separation allowance as a condition of recall or rehire.

Notice of recall shall be in a manner of a certified letter with a return receipt from the USPS to the last known address of the employee in addition to another notice of recall to be mailed to the TWU Local 100 to be sent thirty days before the recall date.