15-N-Attachment N- Employee Protection Certification - DOL Referral of FTA Grant NY-04-0103-01.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards Washington, D.C. 20210

January 20, 2026

Michael Culotta, Regional Administrator Federal Transit Administration, Region II 1 Bowling Green, Room 429 New York, NY 10004-1415

Re: U.S. Department of Labor 49 U.S.C. § 5333(b) Certification FTA Grant Application NY-04-0103-01 Rockland County Department of Public Transportation

Dear Regional Administrator:

This is in reply to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration’s request for certification of employee protective provisions for the above-referenced grant application under 49 U.S.C. § 5333(b). The protective arrangements identified below provide protections that satisfy the requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 5333(b). Revisions and/or amendments to this grant may be subject to additional certification in accordance with 29 C.F.R. § 215.

GRANTEE: Rockland County Department of Public Transportation

Employee Representation Protections

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Civil Service Employees Ass'n; Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers - Transp.

Div.; Transport Workers Union Local 225

Capital and Operating Assistance: National Model Agreement dated 07/23/1975 , excluding paragraph 22.

Service Area Provider: Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc.

Employee Representation Protections

Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers - TD Local 1582

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

Attachment "N"

GRANTEE: Rockland County Department of Public Transportation

Employee Representation Protections

Service Area Provider: Metro North Regional Rail NY-NJ-CT

Employee Representation Protections

American Train Dispatchers Ass'n; Ass'n of Commuter Rail Employees; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers/IBT;

Brotherhood of Maintenance Way Employees Division/ IBT;

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; Independent Railway Supervisors Ass'n; Independent Railway Supervisors Ass'n Lodge 1 (NY/NJ); Int'l Ass'n of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; Int'l Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers; Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; National Conference of Firemen and Oilers; Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers - Mech. Div.; Int'l Ass'n of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers - Transp. Div.;

Transport Workers Union; Transportation Communications Union

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

Service Area Provider: New Jersey Transit Corporation (Bus)

Employee Representation Protections

New Jersey State Joint Council of the Amalgamated Transit Union; Utility Co-Worker's Ass'n; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 540; Transport Workers Union Local 225

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

Service Area Provider: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Employee Representation Protections

Communications Workers of America Local 1180; MTA Police Benevolent Ass'n; Office and Professional Employees' Int'l Union; Subway Surface Supervisors Ass'n; Transport Workers Union Local 100; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 726; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056;

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1179; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181; Transportation Communications Union; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 375; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1407; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1655;

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2627; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 983; Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 202; Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 237; Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 808; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 154

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

Service Area Provider: Orange County

Employee Representation Protections

Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters; Transport Workers Union Local 225

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

GRANTEE: Rockland County Department of Public Transportation

Employee Representation Protections

Service Area Provider: Shortline/Hudson Commuter Service

Employee Representation Protections

Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters; Transport Workers Union Local 225

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

Service Area Provider: Westchester County Department of Transportation

Employee Representation Protections

Civil Service Employees Ass'n Capital and Operating Assistance: National Model Agreement dated 07/23/1975 , excluding paragraph 22.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Transport Workers Union Local 100

Capital and Operating Assistance: Unified Protective Arrangement dated 01/03/2011

The Department of Labor makes the certification called for under the statute for the instant project on condition that:

1. As a precondition to the release of assistance, this letter and the terms and conditions of the protective arrangements referenced above shall be made applicable to the instant project and made part of the contract of assistance between the Grantee and the U. S.

Department of Transportation, by reference;

2. The term "project" as used in each of the respective protective arrangements referenced above shall be deemed to cover and refer to those portions of the instant project to which they have been applied;

3. The protective arrangements certified by the Secretary of Labor are intended for the primary and direct benefit of transit employees in the service area of the project. These employees are intended third-party beneficiaries to the employee protective arrangements referenced in the grant contract between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Grantee, and the parties to the contract so signify by executing that contract. Such transit employees are also third-party beneficiaries to the protective arrangements incorporated in any subsequent contract(s) of assistance between the Grantee and any Recipient(s). Employees not represented by any labor organization, or if so represented through their representative on their behalf, may assert claims with respect to the protective arrangements under this provision. This clause creates no independent cause of action against the United States Government;

4. Disputes over the interpretation, application and enforcement of the terms and conditions of the certified protective arrangements, including those disputes arising out of this letter of certification, shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures specified in the aforementioned certified arrangements; and

5. (a) Employees of mass transportation providers in the service area of the project who are not identified in the chart above who are represented by a union for purposes of collective bargaining (including any diminutive form of collective bargaining rights of public employees such as they exist under state law (e.g. meet and confer) shall be afforded the protections contained in the January 3, 2011 Unified Protective Arrangement (UPA).

(b) Employees of mass transportation providers in the service area of the project, whether identified in the chart above or not, who are not represented by a union for purposes of collective bargaining (including any diminutive form of collective bargaining rights of public employees such as they exist under state law (e.g. meet and confer) shall be afforded the protections contained in the July 8, 2024 Nonunion Protective Arrangement (NPA).

Sincerely, Andrew Hasty Chief, Division of Interpretations and Regulations Office of Labor-Management Standards Department of Labor OLMS-DSP@dol.gov

(202) 693-1262 cc: Michael Shine / RCDPT

AFSCME / AFSCME

ATU / ATU

Al Russo / IBEW Anthony Aprea / ACRE C. Studivant / SMART-TD Caitlin Cooper / TWU Chris Shelton / CWA Chris Shelton / CWA L. 1180 Connie Vallas / TCU Curtis Tate / TWU Curtis Tate / TWU L. 100 Curtis Tate / TWU L. 225 Danny Donohue / CSEA L. 836 Elizabeth Roma / IRSA Gloria Middleton / CWA L. 1180

IBT / BLE/IBT

Jamie Greene / IRSA Kenneth Cooper / IBEW mailto:OLMS-DSP@dol.gov mailto:OLMS-DSP@dol.gov

Lee Saunders / AFSCME Loren Fortune / IBT Marc Carrube / SSSA Mark Murphy / AFSCME Mary E Sullivan / CSEA State Michael Doyle / ACRE Noel Christmas / UCWA Richard Edelman / TWU Richard Lanigan / OPEIU Robert Santos / IRSA Ldg. 1 Rod Tanner / IAM S. Provenzano / MTA PBA

SEIU / SEIU

SMART-TD / SMART-TD L. 1582

Sean M. O'Brien / IBT Steven K. Ury / SEIU

Attachments: Cert_NMC-GNC(edit-docx).pdf

NY-04-0103-01.pdf

ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION