Katrina

Samuelsen and TBOU dissed New Orleans and what a new low TWU Local 100 has reached. Numerous members who responded and drove to New Orleans to aid the poor and evacuate them feel betrayed.

Samuelsen and TBOU care for the department of subways but New Orleans was aided by members from the department of buses. It is a shame to deny or sweep it under the rug the work of the honest, brave, decent and industrious members from the department of buses who worked on important humanitarian work. However, the attempt by Samuelsen and TBOU  to set themselves up as masters of the universe cannot go unnoticed. In fact Samuelsen and TBOU should be ashamed of themselves.

We here in the why did you join the union appreciate the members from the department of buses which has come together to help in the relief and evacuation effort of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. In the annals of New Orleans history members of TWU Local 100 from the department of buses are seen as heroes.      

As one bus operator who was a member of the evacuation team that headed to New Orleans observed this neglect maybe Samuelsen only cared about what went on in the train tracks. We here in why did you join the union appreciate and applaud those members who went to New Orleans. We appreciate your bravery in leaving your family, your home and heading out to help New Orleans.