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

More than 300 retirees turned out for the TWU Local 100 Retirees Association Membership Assembly on Oct. 23, 2025 at the Eastwood Manor in the Bronx. Director James Whalen and Association Manager Barry Roberts chaired the event that featured presentations by representatives from Aetna, the MTA Business Service Center, the MABSTOA Pension Fund, Cigna Dental,

Social Security Administration (SSA) announced, on Oct. 24, 2025, that benefits, including Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), and Supplemental Security Income payments for 75 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2026. On average, according to the Social Security Administration, retirement benefits will increase by about $56 per month starting in January. Social Security

James Whalen, Director of TWU Local 100 Retirees Association, and a long time office of the TWU International, was reelected to his position as an International Vice President. Whalen was a member of International President John Samuelsen’s ‘United Unstoppable’ Slate, that was elected without opposition by the more than 500 delegates to the Union’s 27th

The Retirees Association Holiday Party is all set for Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 at the Eastwood Manor in the Bronx. Last year’s event was the largest in the Association’s history, and this year we may even break that record. The cost includes open bar, an amazing cocktail hour, and a full sit-down dinner. Entertainment by

The TWU Local.100 Retirees Association has scheduled it annual Membership Assembly for Thursday Oct. 23, 2025 from 10:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. The assembly is normally held in Brooklyn, but this year we have changed the site to the Eastwood Manor on Eastchester Rd. in the Bronx. Here’s our flier with all the details on

More than 75 members of the Association enjoyed a sponsored outing to the Mets-Guardians game at Citifield on Aug. 6, 2025. The group was greeted by overcast skies and hopes for a Mets win. But alas, our heroes were almost no-hit. Juan Soto saved the Mets from that embarrassment with a one out homer in

Mike McGrath, a long time maintainer from MABSTOA, now retired, shares his story of retirement with his family, and then of finding out that he had cancer, and the journey he has made for the past year.