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Letter "R" » Roger Toussaint Quotes
«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.»
«This is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement.»
«If the pension demands ... come off the table, that would go a long way to us resuming the negotiations and resolving the strike.»
«I'm pleased to announce that the local 100 executive board just voted overwhelmingly to direct transit workers to return to work immediately and to resume bus and subway service throughout the five boroughs in New York City.»
«New Yorkers, this is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement, a fight over the erosion or eventual elimination of health benefit coverage for the working people of New York, it is a fight over dignity and respect on the job.»
«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.»
«The hearts and minds of New York's transit workers are with Matthew and the entire Long family; we are praying for his recovery.»
«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.»
«We got the major items that were important to our members with respect to lifetime medical coverage and with respect to a pension rebate worth a lot of money. We made a concession in respect to the health benefits ... We consider that to be an appropriate and fair resolution to the strike.»
«We extend thanks to our riders and to our members for the support that they have received in the last couple of weeks of difficulty.»