Dec. 20 - TWU Local 100 - With a one billion dollar surplus contract between the MTA and Transport Workers Union Local 100 should have been a no brainier. Sadly that has not been the case.
Our contract expired midnight on Thursday. In an attempt to save Mass Transit an in deference to our riders, we postponed our deadline and attempted to continue talking to the MTA.
From the beginning, the MTA approached these negotiations in bad faith, demanding arbitration before even trying to (…)
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US - NEW YORK - Roger Toussaint, President of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, explains why MTA workers went on strike
20 December 2005, posted by John Malone
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US - NEW YORK - Strike is "selfish": Mayor Bloomberg statement on the public transportation strike
20 December 2005, posted by John Malone
2005-12-20 - NYC.gov - "Tonight, Roger Toussaint and the TWU have taken the illegal and morally reprehensible action of ordering a citywide strike of our mass transit system.
"The contingency plan that we outlined last week will go into effect and be implemented for Tuesday morning’s rush hour. Among other measures, HOV lanes have been designated; Police checkpoints are being established and a new fare structure for taxis is in effect. The entire contingency plan can be viewed on (…) -
US - Bush’s War on the Press (Robert McChesney, ALAI)
12 December 2005, posted by Manuela Garza Ascencio
08/12/2005 - ALAI - America’s leadership is waging a war against the journalistic standards and practices that underpin not only a free press but our democracy. The Fourth Estate is withering under an unprecedented White House assault designed to intimidate, smear and discredit investigative journalism - and allow the president and his political cronies to lie with impunity.
Free Press has just published a new report showing the scope and intensity of the administration’s assault on press (…)