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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I will do 30 years before transit workers surrender. Working people have tried to obey the law, and we have gotten nothing but insults for it.Roger Toussaint
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.
Roger Toussaint
We will not delay this deadline.
Roger Toussaint
We do not appreciate being threatened on public television nonetheless and in front of our children. Even if the governor needs this to appear to be tough to the nation for his own political ambitions, it's inappropriate.
Roger Toussaint
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.
Roger Toussaint
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.
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