Several ACRE Officers have been placed on the MTA payroll and are receiving a handsome salary from the MTA. They also receive full salary and expenses from the ACRE.

The MTAcre web site is in place to help the ACRE membership understand the relationship of the ACRE leadership to the MTA, and how it is possibly affecting their decisions, which, in turn, affect the careers of all union members

It is believed that the ACRE needs to be :

	More responsive to the needs of it's members
	Held more accountable for the finances that they are charged in handling.
	Willing to address the apparent conflict of interest that exists due to the leadership of the ACRE also being nominally on the payroll of the MTA, while performing no duties of value to the MTA.

Below are some questions to consider as you review some of the pertinent documents that are provided on this web site :

	Is this what ACRE Officers consider an Independent Rail Union?
	Are the members truly independent by being subsidized through the MTA?
	Who is really calling the shots?
	Remember ACRE’s new phrase “interest based bargaining” ?
	Whose interests are being promoted and protected?
	How and can ACRE Officers ever be objective towards the ACRE and its membership by drawing a salary from the MTA?
	At the bargaining table sits the MTA chairman who approves their pay. Can these ACRE Officers really afford to upset or go against him?
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