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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After six years of round-the-clock work to move our union forward, the chance for a little sleep and a rest from my cell phone maybe aren't so bad.
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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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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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Despite the fact that there is limited time left, ... we still expect that our contract will be resolved well before midnight tonight.
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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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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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I'll go in. Jail is not a problem.
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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.
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If the pension demands ... come off the table, that would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations and resolving the strike.