Welcome Welcome to the Website of The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 726 of Staten Island, New York. Since 1916 this Local has represented the Operators, Mechanics and other titles of the various bus companies that through the years operated local bus service here on Staten Island Read More...
On Saturday June 13th over 50 of our members came out to support our Union brothers in the Fire Department in their fight to stop Mayor Bloomberg from closing Engine 161 in South Beach. While we were out on strike during December 2005 our Union brothers in the Fire Department were our biggest supporters. During those cold days the firemen were at both depots keeping us supplied with hot chocolate and keeping our fires under control. The Uniformed Firefighters Association has asked us to extend their thanks to all of our members who willingly gave up a Saturday morning to come out and support their fight.
In the last few weeks we have had a number of members brought up on charges of fraud for allegedly submitting fraudulent doctor’s lines.We are reminding you once again that you are never to write anything in the doctor’s certification area of your sick form. If your doctor makes any changes have him/her initial the change. It is also a good idea to have your doctor make a copy of your sick form and have it put in your file in case there is ever a question of the authenticity of your lines. Doctors see many patients and can easily forget if they made a change on your sick forms.
If your doctor refuses to cover you from the first day of your illness and will only cover you from the date he/she saw you, hand in your sick form as is. Do not change the dates. You will be in more serious trouble for changing the dates then if your lines do not cover the entire time you were out. The penalty for fraudulent sick lines is dismissal. The penalty for sick lines that do not cover your entire absence can be as low as a reinstruction.
You must also remember to hand in your sick forms within three days of your return to work. Don’t give management the chance to write you up over things that you can easily control.
Local 726 members have to register in order to enter the member resource area. Please do so below. Depending on the time of day it may take up to 24 hours to be approved
