Union Democracy

Maintains and provides transfer request lists for members and offers chaplain services for counseling, including bereavement support, and an Employee Assistance Program for rehabilitation services.

Engages in advocacy to correct unjust policies and secure contractual benefits for members, including reversing probation extensions due to COVID-19 absences, restoring tuition reimbursement eligibility, securing lifetime retiree bus passes, and overturning denials of dependent life insurance and 9/11-related benefits.

Identified and corrected improper paid family leave payroll deductions from members’ paychecks, enforcing the requirement that such deductions be subject to negotiation.

Secured union representation and collective bargaining rights for over 900 MTA managerial employees, including those in the Department of Buses, Subways, and Support Services, and passed the 2025-2027 memorandum of understanding with the MTA.

Provides pension and retirement consultation services to members and secured financial reimbursements, such as $1,900 for a member underpaid for a medical insurance opt-out benefit.

Organizes unit leaders in transportation and allied industries to improve employment conditions and provide mutual aid.

Represents members in Equal Employment Opportunity, Special Investigators Review, Inspector General, and disciplinary cases, and administers contractual and supplemental benefit programs.

Delivers transportation services for millions of people daily across the five boroughs of New York City.

Won binding arbitration rights for Subways and Support Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents for the first time, and successfully reduced disciplinary penalties, including overturning terminations through arbitration and legal defense.

Advocates for social and economic justice on behalf of writers through member representation, education, organizing, and communication.

Provides support for labor and community organizing initiatives on Long Island, focusing on advocacy and grassroots mobilization.

Organizes rallies, mobilizes faculty, and pressures management to oppose proposed cuts to adjunct workloads, academic programs, and benefits; successfully reversed proposed cuts to the Architecture Writing Program and adjunct workloads.

Represents approximately 1,500 faculty members at Pratt Institute in collective bargaining, grievance processing, and contract negotiations to secure employment terms including salary, benefits, and working conditions.

Disseminated information about updated compensation and employment terms to part-time and full-time faculty following ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement.

Organized opposition to proposed cuts in the High Deductible Health Care Plan, resulting in the restoration of most benefits for full-time and CCE faculty members.

Conducted ratification votes on key union documents including a new Constitution and Bylaws, and Memoranda of Agreement and Understanding, with membership participation ranging from 42% to 50%.

Negotiated and distributed $1,000,000 in equalization funds through collective bargaining to address salary inequities, adjusting compensation for 143 full- and part-time faculty members in Fall 2025.

Conducted a nominations and election process resulting in the selection of Emily Beall as President and formation of a new Executive Committee effective January 1, 2026.