NYC MTA blocks TWU 100 Transport Workers Union's gory 'political' ad showing employees injured on the job

NYC MTA blocks TWU 100 Transport Workers Union's gory 'political' ad showing employees injured on the job
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The ad manager for the MTA has rejected this ad by the Transport Workers Union Local 100, that calls for pay raises. Union reps believe it was rejected because it was too graphic or political.
The ad manager for the MTA has rejected this ad by the Transport Workers Union Local 100, that calls for pay raises. Union reps believe it was rejected because it was too graphic or political. (TWU LOCAL 100)
BY
DAN RIVOLI
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, November 21, 2016, 11:23 PM
The MTA has blocked a city transit union ad showing injuries that four transit employees suffered after being assaulted on the job, officials said Monday.

The Transport Workers Union Local 100 ad — proposed as the union negotiates a new contract seeking raises — depicts the bloody gashes, cuts and bruises the workers sustained. The roughly $190,000 buy would have put the poster in up to 120 stations over eight weeks, according to the union.

“Every 36 hours, a transit worker is assaulted on the job. We deserve a wage increase for our sacrifices,” the ad reads.

But Outlook, which mangages advertising for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the ad was political, and barred under agency rules, according to MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.