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...
capital funds gone government involved mass money percent restore role state taken transit wants zero
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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That is an insult to transit workers and an insult to every person in this city who depends on our bus and subway system.
lots resolve
still lots of opportunities to resolve the issues.
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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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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.
ask dignity fight respect
It is a fight over dignity and respect on the job. To our riders, we ask for your understanding.
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I will do 30 years before transit workers surrender. Working people have tried to obey the law, and we have gotten nothing but insults for it.
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That would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations. We believe that the pension demands put forth by the MTA are illegal, and burden the negotiations.