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...
members stand sure together
Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.
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That explains why he has been muscling and intervening in these negotiations all along, why the chairman has been taking instructions from the mayor. There's an agenda at stake here.
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My message is let transit workers decide and determine their own fate. Don't get involved in the business and affairs of our union. If you make a deal, stick to it.
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I'll go in. Jail is not a problem.
demands pension
If the pension demands ... come off the table, that would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations and resolving the strike.
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If Gov. Pataki wants to play a constructive role he should get involved in these negotiations, and he should restore money to mass transit because ... the state government has taken out funds from mass transit ... (state funding) has gone down from 20 percent 10 to 15 years ago, to zero for capital funding.
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The clock is ticking and we have almost run out of time. I'm going to leave here and go back to the hotel and give it one more shot.
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The hearts and minds of New York's transit workers are with Matthew and the entire Long family; we are praying for his recovery.
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An agreement will never ever, ever, ever be resolved by fear and intimidation.
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The members came to doubt that the key benefits of the deal would be forthcoming.
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The latest proposal is a very bad proposal and it remains to be seen how serious they are about this or whether they are trying to intimidate our members.
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The Local 100 executive board has voted overwhelmingly to extend strike action to all MTA properties immediately.
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I'm pleased to announce that the local 100 executive board just voted overwhelmingly to direct transit workers to return to work immediately and to resume bus and subway service throughout the five boroughs in New York City.