Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken. |
still lots of opportunities to resolve the issues. |
That explains why he has been muscling and intervening in these negotiations all along, why the chairman has been taking instructions from the mayor. There's an agenda at stake here. |
That is an insult to transit workers and an insult to every person in this city who depends on our bus and subway system. |
That would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations. We believe that the pension demands put forth by the MTA are illegal, and burden the negotiations. |
The clock is ticking and we have almost run out of time. I'm going to leave here and go back to the hotel and give it one more shot. |
The contract they offered would leave the next generation of transit workers behind, and we will not accept that. We have voted to begin a series of strikes that will start with private bus lines and then spread to MTA properties. |
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. |
The hearts and minds of New York's transit workers are with Matthew and the entire Long family; we are praying for his recovery. |
The latest proposal is a very bad proposal and it remains to be seen how serious they are about this or whether they are trying to intimidate our members. |
The Local 100 executive board has voted overwhelmingly to extend strike action to all MTA properties immediately. |
The members came to doubt that the key benefits of the deal would be forthcoming. |
The remarks by Chairman Kalikow are very unfortunate and do not bode well for these negotiations. |
The struggle and defiance and unfortunately sacrifice will be required and will occur and judges need to understand that, the courts need to understand that and the lawmakers need to understand that. |
There has been no progress whatsoever. |