Contract talks between the MTA and its largest labor union are back on after a two-week hiatus marked by threats of a holiday work slowdown.
TWU Local 100 president Tony Utano and MTA chairman Pat Foye entered one-on-one negotiations Wednesday, both groups said.
“The MTA has repeatedly said we are committed to reaching a mutually acceptable agreement with TWU Local 100 that builds on the sustained improvements our workforce has achieved for our eight million daily customers,” Foye said in a statement.
“I reached out to President Utano and we have agreed to enter into executive session to realize this goal.”
Facing ballooning overtime costs and future deficits, transit brass have sought concessions from labor on worker health care contributions, vacation accruals and overtime.
The union has called management’s demands “insulting.”
“The 40,000 hardworking men and women who move 8 million people a day by subway and bus deserve a fair contract,” Utano said Wednesday.
After contract talks broke down Nov. 14, TWU members took to social media to plot a possible subway and bus slowdown for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, The Post reported last week.
Labor actions are illegal under state law, but union leaders have sought to make their presence felt by conducting legal-but-onerous inspections.
One such stunt in Brooklyn last Friday delayed dozens of buses.