Assault

There is no question that TWU Local 100 members are frequently attacked for no reason at all while doing their work. It is noted that there are stickers in the buses or the trains that point out attacking a transit employee is a felony in New York State. However those stickers are not good enough deterrents to stop the assaults. On Monday July 25, 2011 a motorman Darryl George was assaulted by Richard Arrocho.

We would recommend that there has to be a monetary award for the TWU Local 100 from our employer in the event of an assault - at minimum $250,000 to be paid to the employee. We here in why did you join the union believe once the monetary element is introduced then our employer would be vigilant in safeguarding the TWU Local 100 membership. Without that monetary award to the benefit of the employee then our employer MTA should consider those assaults as the norm.

However that is not the case in the eyes of the TWU Local 100 membership - members who are assaulted need time to recuperate. That alone is not enough to get well those members with their loved ones have to undergo the ups and downs of the assault - they have to get over it, they have to regain their strength. We here in why did you join the union believe monetary award from our employer to the employee will go a long way to ameliorate the assault. Maybe the monetary element will be included in the contract of 2012