MTA WORKERS SCORE BIG WIN AS JUDGES AWARD THEM 3% RAISE, BETTER BENEFITS

The MTA must give bus and subway workers a 3% raise next year and lower their health care contributions, a panel of judges ruled Tuesday.
The Appellate Division decision could finally put an end to a bitter legal battle between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union Local 100 over the terms of a contract fashioned by an arbitrator in 2009. continue reading