Wages

Since the TWU Local 100 membership responded in the HAVOC survey that wages is their number one priority lets discuss that by making it clear. Some unions agreed to pay freezes such as Civil Service Employees Association from Governor Andrew Cuomo in early August 2011. Others agreed to actual cuts in wages as we have seen the United Federation of Teachers under Michael Mulgrew (a friend of John E Samuelsen) who agreed to all Mayor Bloomberg conditions on June 2011 "We said we would try to work with every union to find ways to do more with less and the [United Federation of Teachers] . . . came through and did that," Bloomberg said.

We here in why did you join the union do not agree with those positions taken by those other unions - shame on them. However we in the TWU Local 100 demand from John E Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 Take Backward Our Union - TBOU that first and foremost anything less than 4% percent wage increase (the annual improvement factor) is unacceptable. Second the automatic adjustments under the cost of living allowance (COLA) clauses must be in the contract of 2012. Third no ‘two-tier’ wage structure where newly employees start at substantially lower wage rates than under the previous contracts.