Members interest IV

Since we are in a contract year the action of the MTA is wholly deplorable. Will 

John Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 remind the MTA that TWU Local 100 will protect its members interests and that it is up to the membership to determine their own future.

We acknowledge that TWU Local 100 members interests of the past, present and the future who have served or who are still serving New Yorkers day and night seven days a week. In addition we remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice while on duty who didn’t come home to their loved ones. We should remember all of those members this year. The most vital point we are clear about is that the future of the TWU Local 100 members is a matter of the members themselves not MTA, as long as we know no one desires to self inflict wounds onto themselves.

Now lets turn to the broken promises from Joseph Lhota on job security - it is always not straight forward from Joseph Lhota. We expected a new style of administration, now looking back at the previous chairman Jay H Walder and Joseph Lhota we can see no difference - this is not the collegiate approach we expected - we are bound to ask what went wrong?

We expect an answer, will Jsoeph Lhota answer. We are also aware or assume his answer would be we should not believe everything we read in the media, it is not that bad. We are puzzled. However no one would ignore the intentional terrible treatment that is dished towards TWU Local 100 members in the name of the MTA proposals. TWU Local 100 members have shown incredible bravery and courage so far - we here in why did you join the union would like to pay tribute.

However TWU Local 100 members’ deep concerns about their job security is well placed. MTA proposals are not related towards raising the wages, we know we have heard all the budget constrains rhetoric, what we have experienced is that TWU Local 100 members are underpaid in relation to the current prices of merchandize - no one in his real mind expects the price of oil not go up. Common sense dictates the taxes would go up thus the wages must correspond to the prices. It is distressing that there is no real  progress in the contract side, this approach appears not to work.

No TWU Local 100 should be worse off from their current status, common sense dictates that people should be better off. However when dealing with the MTA, where it wants to assail its employees to afford to pay their mortgages, then the employees lose out - we say no.