Eric Eddy

Proud TWU Local 100 #union member. Opinions are my own.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@MTA It’s unconscionable that a public agency would be so cavalier (and fraudulent?) when they have fundamental #safety obligations to the riders and workers in this #transit system.

We all deserve better.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

A scandalous revelation that calls into question the basic safety of riding (& operating) a @NYCTBus.

Vehicle mtce. is not something to mess with. Imagine bringing your car in for a brake job & the mechanic says he did your rotors & pads meanwhile they’re metal on metal? 😳

[TWU Local 100 @TWULocal100]

🚨Last night, ABC7’s N.J. Burkett reported a blockbuster story exposing the MTA’s falsifying of bus maintenance records, jeopardizing Bus Operators, the riding public and anyone else on the road.

Armed with the records proving widespread fraud, TWU Local 100 has blown the lid off of senior MTA management’s concealing of serious bus maintenance failures through their systematic clearing of repair orders that were never completed.

Following surprise 19A inspections at bus depots across the city, the union has uncovered buses with serious safety defects—including cracked windshields, inoperative lights, brake issues and other unresolved mechanical problems—that should never have been returned to service.

Local 100 President John V. Chiarello said the records paint a troubling picture of an agency more focused on making maintenance problems disappear on paper than actually fixing them in the garages.

The union’s investigation revealed evidence of work orders that show Bus Maintainers being credited with repairs while they were off duty, on personal leave—not even at the depot.

Maintenance Directors Tommy Lenane and Mike Rehn said the records reveal a pattern in which critical “redline hold” defects including brakes, steering and tires were marked as repaired despite no work having been performed.

The MTA’s response is to deny that this is happening, yet they admit at least one MTA Supervisor has been suspended since ABC7 began asking questions.

@transportworker @MTA @mtaoig @GovKathyHochul

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

In this case, Transit mgmt. is closing out work orders on mechanics before the work is ever done. So that they can show they’re doing “more with less” (i.e. juicing productivity numbers despite a shortage of Chassis Maintainers) & look good to guys like @MTA’s Janno Lieber.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@dmtrubman Not that it’s your business, but…
I live a few miles from where I was born.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@dmtrubman @TwuSamuelsen A white gentrifier in “Harlem, NYC” lecturing twitter about the working class while taking cheap shots at organized labor. Definitely on-brand.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@njburkett7 @TWULocal100 @MTA @ABC7NY This is what transit workers & riders are up against w/ this agency. Intransigent, arrogant, dismissive, all to hide their mismanagement & dishonesty from the public they are bound to serve. There’s a reason public opinion of MTA “corporate” is so poor & the view is well deserved

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

Astounding that the @MTA— the nation’s largest transit agency— would casually deny proven & extremely serious safety hazards as “bogus” & provide no factual retort.

MTA flack @timmintonNY just waves his hand. “Nothing to see here, folks” 🙄

The public should be outraged.

[TWU Local 100 @TWULocal100]

The proof is in the paperwork.

The @MTA is endangering our members, the ridership and everyone else on the road with their habit of cutting corners to save on hiring maintainers and putting unsafe buses out for service while claiming the necessary repair work was performed.

Not once. Not twice. We uncovered a pattern, one we’ve brought to the agency’s attention in the past. Nothing changed.

Hopefully this is loud enough so that they get the message.

@GovKathyHochul @mtaoig @transportworker

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@libsoftiktok You’re a bullshit liar 🥱

[TWU Local 100 @TWULocal100]

President John V. Chiarello invites all TWU Local 100 members to our annual Family Day this Saturday at Maimonides Park.

In addition to the fun and festivities, he will provide an update on our contract negotiations, which are now entering a third month— thanks to @GovKathyHochul and her MTA managers.

Saturday, June 6
11 AM-5 PM
Maimonides Park
1904 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Visit our website to register yourself and your family today. We hope to see you there!

#WeMoveNY #UnionSolidarity #UnionStrong #WhenWeFightWeWin

@transportworker

[TWU Local 100 @TWULocal100]

May Day is Coming! ⏰

TWU Local 100 moves New York every day, every night, in every part of the city. And as our contract expires on May 15th, we're coming together this #MayDay to make one thing clear: we will not be silenced, and we will not accept anything less than what we deserve.

Join our fight on May 1st at 2 Broadway. Wear your union colors, your uniform, or just come as you are. Bring a coworker or two! Sign up below 👇

https://t.co/gBL6iQfXR7

#UnionStrong #WeMoveNY #WhenWeFightWeWin #InternationalWorkersDay #Solidarity #NYC

@transportworker @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA Because we’re not all corrupt braindead assholes like you.

You’re the biggest embarrassment in the United States Senate, which is really saying something.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA You’re a cynical piece of shit and one of the worst US politics has to offer.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA one would think your recent major struggles would give you a certain humility, or even a little shred of decency. Instead you’re an even more obnoxious sellout prick than ever. Fuck you John Fetterman.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA What country did you pick? Because it wasn’t the one you’re a Senator for.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA You’re so full of shit

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@SenFettermanPA Eat shit ya stupid oaf.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@donwinslow A stupid oaf who cosplays as a blue collar guy dresses like a slob simps for AIPAC and conned the people of Pennsylvania.

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@GrimKim @SenFettermanPA Talk about a rugpull

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@sama You’re a ghoul

[Eric Eddy @EricEddy100]

@stoolpresidente Oh look, the barstool jackass with another shit take 🥱