Roger Toussaint Quotations

If the pension demands ... come off the table, that would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations and resolving the strike.

The members came to doubt that the key benefits of the deal would be forthcoming.

New Yorkers, this is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement, a fight over the erosion or eventual elimination of health benefit coverage for the working people of New York, it is a fight over dignity and respect on the job.

I'll go in. Jail is not a problem.

We will communicate with the MTA the results of this vote and we will reach out to meet with them in the near future.

still lots of opportunities to resolve the issues.

We did not want a strike, but apparently the MTA, the governor and mayor did.

We're not talking about a new strike. We're saying that we want a negotiated settlement, not one imposed through arbitration.

We extend thanks to our riders and to our members for the support that they have received in the last couple of weeks of difficulty.

Were it not for the pension piece, we would not be out on strike. All it needs to do is take its pension proposal off the table.