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| atuuschaaw |
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:09 am
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Location: an ahwangan |
A state supreme court judge has ordered New York Transit Workers Union Local 100 to pay the state a $2.5 million fine, revoked the union's right to collect dues from workers' pay checks, and sentenced President Roger Toussaint to 10 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for refusing a court order to cancel the December mass transit strike. Subway and bus workers have also been docked several days' pay for joining the strike.
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| atuuschaaw |
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:54 pm
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Quote: It was also typical that media and politicians, specifically New York’s billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would be so quick to use epithets like “thugs” and “greedy” to characterize the mostly Black union leadership, especially Toussaint.
The strike ended with an improved contract. It succeeded in stopping a two-tier pension system that hurt new workers. But for the MTA corporate/banking fraternity, there are no contracts, no rules they can’t break to serve their class interests.read more... _________________ "Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." George Orwell |
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| weiser |
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:59 pm
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Ah, but it's the system working exactly as it was designed to do.
Those who win are those who operate outside of the system. |
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| atuuschaaw |
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:12 pm
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Quote: Those who win are those who operate outside of the system. Exactly! 
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