Workers who build NYC's subway cars face low pay, anti-union bosses, report alleges

Workers who manufacture New York City’s new subway cars are paid less than the industry standard and face poor working conditions, contributing to rampant delays in the production of modern subway cars desperately needed by the MTA, according to a report published Tuesday by a labor advocacy group.

The report by the nonprofit Jobs to Move America and Cornell University’s Climate Jobs Institute surveyed 180 current and former employees of the Japan-based company Kawasaki, which has received billions of dollars from the MTA over the last decade to build hundreds of train cars. The cars are primarily built in the company’s plant at Lincoln, Nebraska, and finished at a facility in Yonkers before they’re put into service.

The report found 79% of the company’s Nebraska employees and 68% of t