If Gov. Pataki wants to play a constructive role he should get involved in these negotiations, and he should restore money to mass transit because ... the state government has taken out funds from mass transit ... (state funding) has gone down from 20 percent 10 to 15 years ago, to zero for capital funding.
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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
Despite the fact that there is limited time left, ... we still expect that our contract will be resolved well before midnight tonight.
Roger Toussaint
Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.
Roger Toussaint
What the MTA has decided to do is pour poison on the deal in order to provide ammunition to the opposition, in hopes of having the contract voted down. It seems as if a decision was made by the state to sink the contract.
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An agreement will never ever, ever, ever be resolved by fear and intimidation.
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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.
Roger Toussaint
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