Transit retirees fall behind inflation every year. In some years, it’s by a little, and in some years, it’s by a lot.  The reason for this incremental erosion is the formula used to determine the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) in the New York City Retirement System, NYCERS and the MABSTOA pension plans. WHY ARE […]

Members of the TWU Local 100 Retirees Association Staff, including Director James Whalen; Manager Barry Roberts, and Staff Coordinator Shalena Lindsey, manned a Retirees table at the Local 100 Mass Membership Assembly on Jan. 24, 2026. Many active members dropped by to say hello and pick up literature regarding the steps that should be taken […]

January 1, 2026 marked the 60th anniversary of the union’s first city-wide bus and subway strike. The shutdown last 12 days and resulted in historic gains in wages and benefits for the membership. TWU founder Michael J. Quill and then Local 100 President Daniel Gilmartin led the union out on strike, and both were jailed […]