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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These comments don't sound like the Chairman Kalikow I know. We can only conclude that this is from the governor of New York to the people of New York City from his fund-raiser in New Hampshire.
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The struggle and defiance and unfortunately sacrifice will be required and will occur and judges need to understand that, the courts need to understand that and the lawmakers need to understand that.
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I'd like to thank all the members of Local 100 for their unerring supporting and perseverance in the course of these very difficult past few weeks. We'd also like to thank the riders and working people of New York for their patience, forbearance and understanding, for the equally difficult time spent by this entire city.
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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.
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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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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.
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The remarks by Chairman Kalikow are very unfortunate and do not bode well for these negotiations.
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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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That is an insult to transit workers and an insult to every person in this city who depends on our bus and subway system.
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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.
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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.
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We have no progress to report. That's not good because we have precious little time before the deadline approaches.
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We have no progress to report, and that is not good.