We thank riders for their patience and forbearance. We will be providing various details regarding the outcome of this strike in the next several days.
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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.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.
Roger Toussaint
An agreement will never ever, ever, ever be resolved by fear and intimidation.
Roger Toussaint
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.
Roger Toussaint
The executive board voted to begin a series of strikes, first out on some of the private bus lines and then extending onto MTA properties.
Roger Toussaint
Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.
Roger Toussaint
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