Contract 2023

Major Economic and Quality-of Life Gains!
Solid Annual Raises • $4,000 in Essential Worker Cash Bonus Payments • Record-Setting 3 Months Paid Maternity Leave
• No Increase in Healthcare Costs • Therapy for Children With Autism — and more

Your Executive Board has overwhelmingly approved the

✓ 9.8% Compounded Pay Raise over the Three-year Contract	✓ $1,000 Maintainer’s Bonus – an Increase of $350 from the Current Bonus
✓ $4,000 in Essential Worker Bonuses	✓ New Medical Coverage for Therapy for Autistic Children
✓ Held the Line on Healthcare Costs. No Increase in Payroll Deductions	✓ Medical Coverage for COVID-19 Widows, Widowers, and Children
✓ 12 weeks Paid Maternity Leave – Up from 2 weeks!	✓ MTA Bus Retirees Get Free MTA Bus Passes
✓ 4 weeks Paid Paternity Leave – Up from 2 weeks!	✓ Enhanced Medical Benefits for Retirees (Click Here)
✓ $4 Articulated Bus Rate – Up from $2	✓ Bereavement Time Now Covers Grandparents, Stepchildren and Grandchildren
✓ $2 Million More A Year to Improve Dental and Vision Coverage	✓ “Me Too” Clause on Wages with LIRR and Metro-North

WAGE INCREASES AND ESSENTIAL WORKER LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN THE CITY PATTERN	MTA GIVEBACK DEMANDS DEFEATEDincluding:
TERM: May 2023 – May 2026 (36 Months) ⇪ 2023: 3% raise + $3,000 bonus ⇪ 2024: 3% raise + $1,000 bonus ⇪ 2025: 3.5% raise The three annual raises amount to a 9.8% compounded wage increase!	Doubling of Healthcare Payroll Deductions from 2% to 4% – DEFEATED Eliminate Conductor Jobs with OPTO Expansion – DEFEATED Overtime Only After 40 hours (instead of after 8 hours per day) – DEFEATED Reduced Vacation for New Hires – DEFEATED

How Do Our Two Plans Stack Up
Against the City’s New Medicare Advantage Plan?

You may have heard about the City’s new Medicare Advantage plan. It is not the same as either of our two Options.

Both of our Options are less expensive across the board.A comparison is below:

	New City Plan	TWU Option 1	TWU Option 2
Annual Deductible	$150	Zero	Zero
Annual Maximum Out-of-Pocket	$1,500	Zero	$1,000
Doctors: Primary/ Specialist	$15	Zero	Zero / $5
Tests/Imaging	$15	Zero	Zero
Urgent Care	$15	Zero	$50
Emergency Room	$50	Zero	$50
Hospitalization	$300 each time, capped at $750 / year	Zero	Zero
Part D Prescription Premium	$1,242 a year	Zero	Zero
Drug copays / coinsurance (30 day)	• Zero for some generics at CVS • All other drugs, 25% coinsurance • No cap per drug per month	• Zero for all generics • $2.50 for Tier 2 drugs • Tier 3 drugs 25% coinsurance • Drug costs capped at $95 per drug per month	• Generics $5 • Tier 2 drugs $10 • Tier 3 drugs $45

About the City’s Other Plan
There has been little discussion of the City’s other Medicare plan. Here’s why: that other plan is a Medicare HMO offered by HIP. HMO means:
You can only use HIP’s in-network Medicare providers in NYC and 5 suburban counties. You can’t go outside the network and you can’t go outside those 10 counties You can’t go to a specialist without a referral from your primary doctor.	Co-pays: $30 for a specialist $100 for an Emergency Room visit. Maximum out of-pocket for medical and hospitalization: $3,400 a year. Medicare Part D (prescription drug) annual premium: $2,131.
We do not have an HMO. We have two nationwide Medicare PPO options. Your choice of Medicare-registered doctors and hospitals. No referrals required. Prescription drug annual premium: $0. And your choice of ZERO CO-PAY for medical and hospitalization or modest copays with full reimbursement of the standard Medicare Part B premium.

Your Executive Board has overwhelmingly Endorsed this Agreement

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American Arbitration Association will administer the Contract Vote for TWU Local 100

Contract Ratification and Replacement Ballot Requests Timelines

Friday, June 23, 2023
The mailing of ballots will take place

Monday, July 17, 2023, at 8:30 AM
The receipt deadline for mailed ballots in order to be counted as eligible.

Monday, July 17, 2023, at 10:00 AM
The tabulation of ballots will take place at A.A.A.’s offices located at 120 Broadway, Concourse Level, New York, NY 10271.

Voters with missing or damaged ballots will be directed to request replacements by calling the A.A.A. Duplicate Ballot Hotline 1-800-529-5218 Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This number is to be utilized only for duplicate ballot requests. Voters are asked not to call prior to June 29, 2023, to allow sufficient time for the delivery of all ballots.

The final day to request a replacement ballot is ~~Wednesday, July 12,~~ Thursday, July 13, 2023

The American Arbitration Association will be closed July 4, 2023, Independence Day.

The American Arbitration Association will not accept hand-delivered ballots in person, only mailed ballots received.

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