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2012 TWU Local 100 Negotiations

New York City Transit 

Main Table Proposals

January 9, 2012

Eight proposal - TWU Local 100 members move New York we also share the USPS ‘neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds’. It is clear that MTA knows that the employees sacrifice a lot in working 24 hours/7 days a week. Our counter offer Torts:

• Any employee who appears on the TA Court shall receive 12 hours pay and be excused all day. Currently employee - extra gets - 8 hours.
• Any employee who appears on the TA Court on RDO shall receive 16 hours pay regardless if the employee had absence during the week - currently 12 hours pay unless one absence during the week (Sick, AWOL, LOA etc) then run pay.
• Employee will be held harmless to submit proof of attendance - it is up to the management to coordinate with the TA Court, the onus should not be placed on the employee.
• If held in the TA Court on any day of the week after 12 noon paid meal ticket $20.00 - currently paid meal ticket of $3.00 on RDO only.
• $20 meal allowance for attendance in any proceeding or medical assignments or otherwise

Ninth proposal - Counter offer assault pay should be 5 years.

• A new employee will earn his birthday allowance instead of the current where he/she must have one full year as an employee from his/her date of appointment.
• All holidays will be accruable instead of the current maximum holiday accrual 8 - and the 6 holidays can be accrued per calendar year.
• All accrued holidays will be carried over to the following year.
• Employee need not give notice in writing in order to accrue a holiday. Employee will give notice only if he/she desires to be paid.
• New employee will get his/her personal day instead of the current where the new employee will not get personal day until he/she has one full year of employment.
• Personal day pay shall be 12 hours instead of the current 8 hours pay. 
• Personal day will be granted on holiday instead of the current of no personal day on holiday.
• Night differential for holiday to be one ($1) dollar instead of the current which is paid as a regular weekday.
• Bonus pay holidays shall be based on the following formula:

Holiday	Current	Proposed
New Year	Pay $2	Pay $5 holiday bonus premium to cover the spread - the total time - from report to clear (Work time plus total swing)
Martin Luther King Jr	0
Lincoln’s Birthday	0
President Day	0
Memorial Day	0
Independence Day	Pay $2
Labor Day	0
Veterans Day	0
Thanksgiving Day	Pay $2
Christmas	Pay $2
Birthday	0

• The current $2 is paid on the work time only - shall be raised to $5 that will cover the spread.
• Employee will get holiday allowance regardless if absent for 30 days (Sick/LOA, etc) instead of the current where the employee loses the holiday allowance (Compensation never gets holiday).

Tenth proposal - Counter offer 

• Pay in full swing instead of the current swing runs from 1 to 2 hours - pays 1 hour.
• Pay in full swing instead of the current swing runs of 2 hours or more - pays half of the swing.
• Swing time shall be computed as work time instead of the current where swing time is never computed as work time.
• Half time on all swings instead of the current half time on swing only on WDO.

Eleventh proposal - Counter offer

Spread penalty pay shall start after 10 hours instead of the current spread penalty which starts after 11 hours.

Twelfth proposal - Counter proposal

• Headway allowance shall be paid on pull out or pull in instead of the current no headway allowance on pull out and pull in.
• Headway allowance shall give half-time instead of the current never give half-time on headway allowance.
• Headway allowance shall be paid in middle of run even when relief involved instead of current where headway allowance is never paid in middle of run even when relief is involved.
• No maximum of headway allowance per run, instead of the current where there is a maximum of 2 headway allowance per run.