Updated 05/24/2010 07:09 PM
Transit Workers' Union To Sue MTA For A Raise
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The Transport Workers Union filed legal papers today to force the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to award planned raises to transit workers.
The TWU is asking the State Supreme Court to order the MTA to abide by an arbitration panel's decision to give three percent raises next January.
The agency has paid out four percent raises each of the last two years and says it cannot afford another increase.
Local 100 argues the MTA's attempts to deny the raises are unfair and illegal.