Unsurprisingly, transit employees have joined the movement of opposition to student MetroCard elimination, just one of the many cuts threatening their mother company, the MTA. "The City of New York has a responsibility to ensure that our children have the means to get to school," the Transport Workers Union's president said Sunday. Union members signed a petition, urging the DOE to increase its efforts to save the student fares by putting pressure on the state to restore funding, reports the News. This year, NY state cut its contribution from $45 million to $6 million, a fraction of the $214 million the MTA spends on free cards for kids annually. Still, a spokesman for Bloomberg says he's committed to keeping them. "The city has been doing its part that the program stays in place," he said.