Who excluded elected officers?

Roger Toussaint excluded elected officers in the 2002 contract except for his chosen ones who followed him blindly - consultants and attorneys chosen by Toussaint. Maybe now Toussaint owes an explanation on why he did not allow elected officers to hammer out their department agreements?

A major folly of Roger Toussaint agreeing to the merger of MaBSTOA and TA Surface was disastrous giving a win to the MTA on a gold platter. The first year wage freeze TWU Local 100 members received a $1000 bonus instead of a raise which was a wrong decision by Roger Toussaint.

On health insurance coverage first he agreed to an increased medical co-pay for basic benefits, second he accepted that members would pay for enhanced medical benefits, and third he gave up union representation in the Health Benefit Trust - what a genius. Roger Toussaint did not prepare the membership to view bargaining as part of an ongoing struggle he failed to involve the membership so his militancy was rhetorical and posturing.

Based on the above Roger Toussaint is fatally flawed since he now goes around ‘bad mouthing’ John Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100. Did Tousaint forget all of the above? Who made those terrible agreements? So who is specifically to blame for letting this happen?

There is no question that the membership might have believed that it was justified if we really witnessed a remarkable improvement in their welfare. However now they are paying for all those terrible decisions. What we want to know is whether this deception was intentional. Our suspicion is that it had to be. Roger Toussaint carries too much baggage - he is part of the problem - not the solution.