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MTA Agrees To $500,000 Coronavirus Death Benefit MTA Agrees To $500,000 Coronavirus Death Benefit
MTA Agrees To $500,000 Coronavirus Death Benefit The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Transport Workers Union of America announced an agreement Tuesday establishing a COVID-19 death benefit for TWU members who died after being infected.  Under the agreement, the MTA will pay $500,000 in a lump sum to the spouse, beneficiary or estate of each deceased member in active service on or after Feb. 1, 2020, Local 100 in Brooklyn reported.  "Transportation workers are the heroes moving heroes of this public health crisis, continuing to get healthcare workers, first responders and other ess…

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