The overwhelming majority of MTA transit workers say they've faced harassment or assault on the job, according to a new survey released Wednesday by New York
The overwhelming majority of MTA transit workers say they’ve faced harassment or assault on the job, according to a, queried members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — the union representing over 40,000 subway and bus employees — and found that 89% of them had experienced some form of harassment or assault between 2020 and 2023.
Robyn Gershon, a clinical professor of epidemiology at NYU, says the amount of transit workers being victimized is “remarkably high, and far exceeds the rates of attacks against other workers.” Female workers, only about 20% of the subway and bus labor force, reported higher levels of victimization than males; female bus workers were more likely to face physical harassment than other groups, while female subway workers were more likely to experience sexual harassment.
He also criticized the findings as well beyond what’s reported to the MTA: in the first seven months of the year going back four years, only about 11% of transit workers reported being the victim of assault or harassment.
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