Not all labor negotiations exhibit the pattern of mutual concession and convergence to a settlement. Currently MTA will be doing the bidding of the New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, since he has set a precedent that other labor organizations must follow in tow. We do not agree with Civil Service Employees Association CSEA President Danny Donohue - with friends like him we do not need enemies - who agreed to a five year agreement that had no wage raise for the first three years. In addition that agreement was laced with givebacks and endless concessions.
However we in the TWU Local 100 are opposed to the 21st century Boulwarism - we are not going to accept MTA firm and final offer that we have either to accept or reject. MTA offer can be billed in any manner they prefer, and they can claim it as a fair and equitable settlement. However, General Electric learned in 1969 that Boulwarism did not work.
If Boulwarism worked with CSEA it will not work with TWU Local 100 - we are definitely not going to follow the Donohue principle of givebacks and endless concessions.
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