TWU
Toussaint Shoots Back At Mayor Bloomberg
A nice size majority exists that are dead set against the raises recently awarded to transit workers by an arbitration panel. One of the leaders of that majority is Mayor Bloomberg who has been quite critical of the raises especially during the current economic times. However outgoing Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint […]
MTA May Appeal Arbitration Panel Decision
I urge any of my readers to please wake me up when the children go to bed. The children I am referring to are the MTA bigwigs who, like a child who lost a game, want a do over in regards to the recent arbitration panel’s decision to award transit workers from TWU Local 100 […]
Transit Workers Win Raises Via Arbitration
Yesterday morning I blogged about the exclusive New York Daily News report which talked about transit workers being poised for healthy raises. The report was enough to spark a response from Mayor Bloomberg who yesterday afternoon, warned that riders will have to foot the bill for these raises. Frank Lombardi of the New York Daily […]
Transit Workers Poised For Healthy Raises
In a story that will be sure to piss off the anti-union & anti-blue collar workers that keep the MTA running, transit workers are poised for healthy raises as part of a new contract. The raises which come out to 4% annually would increase costs for the MTA by approximately $400 million. Pete Donohue of […]
Many TWU Members Ineligible To Vote
Back in February, I touched on how TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint was not running for re-election due to being appointed director of strategic planning for the international union which is the parent company of Local 100. In the meantime, the race to be his successor has been hotly contested. However the outcome will […]
