Unfair labor practice?

Since our employer MTA has been stalling the contract negotiations - it is clear they are violating Section 8(a)(5) for bargaining in bad faith. ‘Working on labor relations. He said the MTA has “the worst labor management.” Charles G. Moerdler - MTA board member.’

It is not a secret MTA has terrible labor relation which we know first hand. TWU Local 100 has demanded a fair contract with cost of living adjustment which is reasonable. However our employer’s hardball tactics that have been deployed so far must be met equally by the following.

First prepare the members for a walk out. Second start selecting picket captain now. Third start classes now at an accelerated speed for the picket captain. Forth prepare the members on where to head in the event of walk out. Fifth coordinate with other local unions to honor TWU Local 100 walk out. Sixth plans must be developed on how to keep scabs from reporting to work. Seventh have plans on what to do if the MTA tries to run limited service with scabs and supervisors. Eight every member must be signed for walk out related duties.

If Joseph Lhota believes that TWU Local 100 will be asleep at the switch then he should think again. If he desires an adversarial relationship then so be it. We would like to remind him TWU Local 100 members entered this employment relationship like any other employee around the nation to obtain as high a wage or salary income as possible. That objective is not complex to understand - if Joseph Lhota desires conflict we will give him one - he has to provide an incentive for cooperation which we have not seen yet. If he thinks TWU Local 100 members are a commodity that should be purchased as cheaply as possible and used only as management desires then we say no.

We are familiar with the poor management - we remember the lay off of 2010 and the ramped up disciplinary actions that have been deployed against TWU Local 100 members. Especially with the authoritarian approach by the management that allows no room for TWU Local 100 members participation in management decisions. If Joseph Lhota thinks power resides on one side with the attitude ‘us’ against ‘them’ that we the members of TWU Local 100 should lose - we say no to that attitude.

It is obvious Joseph Lhota does not believe in enhancing this employment relationship - by entreating TWU Local 100 members as equal partners who pursue a common goal, which is providing a reliable mass transportation service to New Yorkers.