MECHANICS SET FRIDAY VOTE ON MTA PROPOSAL.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer Striking MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. mechanics will vote Friday on the agency's final contract offer, but with their union president recommending a no vote, there's little chance the 21-day transit strike will end soon. Amalgamated Transit Union The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada, representing workers in the transit system and other industries. The ATU was founded in 1892, and today has more than 180,000 members in more than 273 local unions in 46 states and 9 President Neil Silver said Monday that if workers turn down the offer, the MTA should reconsider submitting the stalemate stale·mate n. 1. A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock. 2. A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move. tr.v. to binding arbitration - something the MTA has flatly refused to do. Entering its fourth week today, the strike has cut bus and train service for more than 400,000 primarily poor public transit users. Buses could be rolling again within three days if mechanics approve the MTA's final offer or if the MTA agrees to binding arbitration - neither of which seems likely. ATU (ADSL Transceiver Unit) A device that provides ADSL modulation of the telephone line. The device at the telco side is the ATU-C (Central), which is a line card plugged into the DSLAM. leadership had refused to let mechanics vote on MTA offers, but reconsidered its position over the weekend. ``I am handing them an olive branch olive branch symbol of peace and serenity. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Handbook; O.T.: Genesis, 8:11] See : Peace ,'' said Silver. ``If MTA's really that concerned about getting back on their buses, I don't want to stand in their way. We'll find out who cares.'' The MTA reiterated its opposition to binding arbitration, saying it refuses to turn its spending decisions over to a third party. But it welcomed the ATU's decision to have workers vote on its contract offer. ``Take it to a vote. Come back to work,'' MTA spokesman Marc Littman said. The MTA's four-year offer includes small, quarterly wage hikes retroactive Having reference to things that happened in the past, prior to the occurrence of the act in question. A retroactive or retrospective law is one that takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, creates new obligations, imposes new duties, or attaches a to December 2002, no raise this current fiscal year and 2.5 percent pay raises in each of the next two years. The contract offer also includes increases toward health benefits, but not as much as the union wants - and not for retirees. It also offers a $4.7 million bailout bailout The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. of the union-managed health care fund in exchange for shared control, something the union has agreed to do. Union ballots should be counted by Friday afternoon, with a 50 percent majority plus one vote needed for approval. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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