We are TWU

We are not ATU for those who are not aware especially John Samuelsen and his TBOU team who have given rise to the appearance that for everything we have to seek counsel or follow the Amalgamated Transit Union. We are Transport Workers Union and we are proud TWU Local 100 members that could care less what ATU does. We will not imitate ATU we are not copycats we have our own distinctive features, issues and challenges which should be preserved.

We abhor this current pattern from John Samuelsen with his TBOU lackeys, ‘oh lets see what ATU does’ ‘oh lets follow ATU’ ‘whatever ATU does we will follow suit’. We are TWU we have our own minds - we are the New York Yankees we are the empire of transportation - we move New York we are not the same as ATU. No one will ever mistake a corvette for a camaro. We here in why did you join the union would recommend to John Samuelsen to preserve our independence and start divorce proceedings with ATU.

Maybe John Samuelsen is incapable to lead thus he has to rely on others for ideas and guidance. We here in why did you join the union know who we are as well as the rank and file know who we are and everyone in the country know who we are. Once you inform them you are a member of NYC Transit you can see in their eyes lit with pride and euphoria of union bastion. We are TWU thus John Samuelsen should not seek alliance with ATU since we are not the same. Our issues and challenges are completely different from ATU - we should not hitch our wagon to the ATU.

We recommend that John Samuelsen should not change our identity from TWU to ATU. We are TWU we lead and we will never be the follower of ATU. As TWU we will negotiate for ourselves and we will take care of our own. We will never allow ATU to lead our negotiations and we will never concede, compromise or waver from this demand. We here in why did you join the union will never embrace ATU however we will respect them. ATU should not interfere with our internal issues because it will only benefit them thus harming us. We are not second class to ATU, we are TWU Local 100.