Members Interests III

The reality is that the MTA has given us proposals that expose us in harms way and we should give our seats from the table without protecting TWU Local 100 members interests which is a bad deal for TWU Local 100.

Now Joseph Lhota has told us that his first priority is to get along with TWU Local 100.

However, the contract of 2012 is not yet resolved, the management abuses have not been faded out, and there is no reduction of bureaucracy. So why are his promises of action not materialized? What does that mean? It is clear Joseph Lhota is just full of rhetoric, let us turn to where that leaves TWU Local 100. Few could have anticipated that Joseph Lhota is a disaster who is trying to leave TWU Local 100 members behind - we hope not for all our sakes.

We do not like to read the decisions that affect TWU Local 100 members lives in the media. Those MTA proposals threaten our members interest, lets hope he returns to his senses since it is obvious his proposals would marginalize TWU Local 100 members - we are not going to let the members interests down.

Those bad MTA proposals are unacceptable due to the fact that they will have a long lasting consequence to the TWU Local 100 members interests for years ahead. TWU Local 100 members interests must not be lost from sight. Faced with bad proposals we chose to safeguard TWU Local 100 members interests. 

If we allow those bad proposals to be incorporated into the contract then that assails the members interests which is a huge damage to the TWU Local 100 members - we are not going to give in to the MTA. We will stand up for TWU Local 100. We will not go along with what the MTA wants. TWU Local 100 under president John Samuelsen has the courage and honesty to say no to bad proposals.

We declare admiration and full hearted support for John Samuelsen, president of TWU Local 100. At this definitive moment in his first contract negotiation, we hope that he strategically protects the members interests. We have all faith in him that he will do so.