Roger Toussaint
Roger Toussaint
Roger Toussaintwas the President of Transport Workers UnionLocal 100, the union of New York City Transit Authority employees in New York City and former Vice President of Strategic Planning for the parent union, an international organization...
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We are very confident that this package will meet with the approval of the members, ... It answers many of their needs, many of their urgent pleas, especially in the area of health coverage.
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Transit workers are tired of being underappreciated and disrespected.
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Tonight the executive board voted to begin a series of strikes first out on some of the private bus lines and then extending onto MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) properties.
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What they'd be saving on pensions is a pittance.
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We thank riders for their patience and forbearance. We will be providing various details regarding the outcome of this strike in the next several days.
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We thank our riders for their patience and forbearance.
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We will communicate with the MTA the results of this vote and we will reach out to meet with them in the near future.
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The contract they offered would leave the next generation of transit workers behind, and we will not accept that. We have voted to begin a series of strikes that will start with private bus lines and then spread to MTA properties.
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The executive board voted to begin a series of strikes, first out on some of the private bus lines and then extending onto MTA properties.
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They're not going to force a lousy contract down our throats. We have told them from the beginning that this contract will be negotiated by bargaining in good faith and not by threats and not by intimidation.
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This is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement.
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This is a fight over dignity and respect on the job, a concept that is very alien to the MTA. Transit workers are tired of being underappreciated and disrespected.
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This contract between the MTA and the Transport Workers Union should have been a no-brainer. Sadly that has not been the case.
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There will be nothing happening in the next few days. It is too early to say what happens now. This will take some time to figure out.