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.
agreement fear resolved
An agreement will never ever, ever, ever be resolved by fear and intimidation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
imposed saying talking
We're not talking about a new strike. We're saying that we want a negotiated settlement, not one imposed through arbitration.
couple extend last members received riders support thanks weeks
We extend thanks to our riders and to our members for the support that they have received in the last couple of weeks of difficulty.
needs pension proposal
Were it not for the pension piece, we would not be out on strike. All it needs to do is take its pension proposal off the table.