The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its largest union, the Transport Workers Union Local 100, have reached an agreement over their newest contract. The 34,000 union members will vote on the tentative agreement and the MTA board will approve or disapprove of the contract next month. The agreement, which was facilitated by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, includes 1% pay raises in each of the past two years and a 2% increase in each of the next three years. Union members will not pay 2% of their salary for health-care benefits, up from 1.5% under the previous contract, but also will enjoy paid maternity/paternity and better optical and dental benefits. The agreement also comes with no increase in fares for riders of MTA.
See "MTA, Transport Workers Union Reach Contract Deal", Andrew Tangel, The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2014