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GABE PRESSMAN: Will there be a new trend to the strike? The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has proposed a new contract to the Transport Workers Union. And from the union’s viewpoint, the terms are worse than those its members rejected.With new labor unrest threatening the transit system on which New Yorkers depend, one man, (...)
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US - NEW YORK - TWU President Roger Toussaint Talks About MTA’s Latest Contract Proposal with WNBC’s Gabe Pressman (TWU Local 100 website)
28 January 2006, posted by John Malone
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US - NEW YORK - Statement from TWU-Local 100 President Roger Toussaint on Contract Vote Outcome
26 January 2006, posted by Dial
"We are disappointed to report that the members of our Union have voted not to ratify the agreement that we reached with the MTA. More than 22,000 votes were cast and the margin was only seven votes. 11, 234 votes were cast against and 11,227 were cast in favor.
We believe that this result is the product of a number of negative and inappropriate influences. First, the Governor. As soon as our contract was announced, the Governor pronounced that the deal was too rich. As you will (...) -
US - Skull and Bones, the Elite of the Empire (voltairenet.org)
14 January 2006, posted by John Malone
Within the very exclusive and puritan Yale University, every year 15 children of very wealthy families are co-opted. They are members of a secret association of ghoulish rites: the Skulls and Bones. Throughout their lives, they support and assist each other in view of the democratic flightiness of the masses they detest. The next president of the United States is one of the 800 initiated: George W. Bush and John Kerry are members since 36 years ago.
The association Skull and Bones has (...) -
US - NEW YORK - After the Public Transportation Strike: New Contract with the MTA NYC Transit approved by TWU-Local 100’s Executive Board , Ratification Vote Scheduled Jan. 20 (TWU Local 100 website)
7 January 2006, posted by John Malone
After the Strike - Chronology December-January
Dec. 28 - TWU, Local 100’s Executive Board Tuesday night voted 37 to 4 to approve a new 37-month contract with the MTA NYC Transit.
January - The union is mailing out ballots to the city’s 33,700 subway and bus workers.
Vote Scheduled Jan. 20. Contract 2005: Contract Highlights
Dec. 30 - The two top goals of Local 100 members in contract negotiations were wages and lifetime medical coverage, so that they can afford to retire. The (...) -
US - NEW YORK - TWU Local 100 Executive Board Votes to End Strike (TWU Local 100)
22 December 2005, posted by John Malone
Dec. 22- TWU Local 100 - The first NYC system-wide transit strike in 25 years ended today. Local 100 had to walk out to stop the TA’s 11th hour pension ambush. We walked out strong, and we walk back stronger.
Thousands of transit workers have been on freezing cold picket lines around the clock for three days. The vote of the TWU Local 100 Executive Board to overwhelmingly accept the recommendation of theNew York State Mediators means we will now start reporting to work.
In the face of (...) -
US - NEW YORK - TWU Local 100 Rumor control: "MTA Surprised at Local 100 Unity Launches Disinformation Campaign to Weaken Strike"
22 December 2005, posted by John Malone
2005/12/21 - TWU Local 100 website - Maybe the MTA believes that TWU Local 100 is split into a dozen warring factions. After all, that’s what the press was reporting, quoting anonymous flyers. Maybe it was just wishful thinking on their part. Whatever the reason, the MTA expected thousands of transit workers to cross lines and report to work: IT NEVER HAPPENED.
Instead, the MTA was stunned to see thousands of union members all over the system picketing, chanting and standing together. (...) -
US - NEW YORK - Toussaint to Bloomberg: "You are Shaming NYC"
22 December 2005, posted by John Malone
Dec. 21- TWU local 100 website - Yesterday you used your position as Mayor of New York to call us "thuggish"and "selfish." How dare you?
Our children turn on the TV to see the Mayor denouncing their parents as "morally reprehensible." Have you no shame?
As you know better than most, this strike was forced on us by the MTA. You know this because you share much of the blame. It is your provocative rhetoric about what givebacks we transit workers must accept for the next generation of (...) -
US - NEW YORK - The MTA and the Governor Forced This Strike: Call Them to Stop It (TWU Local 100)
21 December 2005, posted by John Malone
2005/12/21 - From the Transport Workers Union Local 100’s website:
For generations, a job in New York’s subways and buses was the first step on the road to the American dream. The MTA is telling us Not Any More.That’s what this strike is all about.
We know how hard things are for New Yorkers. It’s hard to get around New York when the trains and buses aren’t rolling. It’s hard for us and our families too.
We are losing wages, and the Mayor wants every transit worker to pay fines of (...) -
US - NEW YORK - MTA Strike and Politics (Wayne Barrett, Power Plays)
21 December 2005, posted by John Malone
December 20, 2005 - Power Plays- Would this strike be happening if Governor George Pataki were running for re-election next year? Would Mike Bloomberg’s city be shut down if the expiration date on the Transport Workers Union’s contract were September or October, when he reached pre-election settlements with half a dozen city unions?
If your answer is no to either question, then you believe, as anyone with a memory in New York knows, that politics is the only explanation for this (...) -
US - NEW YORK - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg still very angry with "selfish" strikers
20 December 2005, posted by John Malone
December 20, 2005 - 4 pm - NYC.gov - Remarks by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as prepared for delivery [A few comments will be added in square brackets as an advocacy of pluralism and fairness. You can add your own comments by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.]
"Good afternoon. First, I want to give everyone an update on how the City is doing and share some of my thoughts on the situation. Then we will take some questions.
"Since early this morning, the City’s mass transit (...)