MTA subway conductor fighting for life due to COVID-19, TWU Local 100 seeks blood donors
UPDATE: According to TWU LOCAL 100, plasma of any blood type from a male donor is now being accepted. Previously, they specified A positive but didn’t specify a donor gender. Donors still must have tested positive for COVID-19, recovered, be male and not had symptoms for 14 days.
A veteran MTA conductor is fighting for his life due to COVID-19.
57-year-old Local 100’s RTO Conductor Vice Chair and Midwood resident Ben Schaeffer is currently on a ventilator at Maimonides Medical Center, according to the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100).