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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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.Roger Toussaint
The Local 100 executive board has voted overwhelmingly to extend strike action to all MTA properties immediately.
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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.
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We paid the price in millions of dollars in fines, 10 times that for our members, and face impending loss of dues check off which is going to hemorrhage the finances of our union. But you cannot take on a fight like this and not get bloodied. We are still here standing before you bloodied but unbowed.
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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.
Roger Toussaint
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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