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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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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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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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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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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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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We wake up at 3 and 4 in the morning to move the trains in this town. That's not the behavior of thugs and selfish people.
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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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What the MTA has decided to do is pour poison on the deal in order to provide ammunition to the opposition, in hopes of having the contract voted down. It seems as if a decision was made by the state to sink the contract.
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We tried to bargain with the MTA. We negotiated well past our contract deadline because we wanted to get a deal done, and we still do.
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Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.