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...
ammunition contract deal decided decision hopes order poison pour provide seems sink state voted
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.
bargaining beginning contract faith force good lousy threats
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.
agreement fear resolved
An agreement will never ever, ever, ever be resolved by fear and intimidation.
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.
course difficult entire equally few local members past people perseverance riders spent supporting thank time york
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.
lots resolve
still lots of opportunities to resolve the issues.
jail
I'll go in. Jail is not a problem.
chairman remarks
The remarks by Chairman Kalikow are very unfortunate and do not bode well for these negotiations.
binding possible
We, of course, will do everything possible to keep it out of binding arbitration.
pensions saving
What they'd be saving on pensions is a pittance.
bargain contract deadline deal past tried
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.
city extremely fathers points problem shared state
We are not thugs. It points to the problem at the MTA that is shared by the city fathers and the state fathers. ... We find it extremely regrettable.
benefits concession consider coverage fair health items lifetime major medical members pension resolution respect worth
We got the major items that were important to our members with respect to lifetime medical coverage and with respect to a pension rebate worth a lot of money. We made a concession in respect to the health benefits ... We consider that to be an appropriate and fair resolution to the strike.
apparently governor mayor
We did not want a strike, but apparently the MTA, the governor and mayor did.