Comments on: TWU exec takes the low road at MTA meeting

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:21:25 +0000

Everyone knows that if the MTA won (in which every single one of you wishes) in using pinder’s speech mentality they would have told us…arbitration ruled triple stamp no backsees you can’t fight it nah nah nah.If this gets struck down,that not only will no union in their right mind go to arbitration or trust management,contracts won and lost by every single union/management will be brought back into court,scrutinized and fought,it would not only destroy trust,morale on the workforce but it would seriously set back judges and fighting real criminals and deadbeats,lawyers would have a field day as well.If any judge threw this out,I don’t want to even think about the aftermath. If you thought relationships were fragile between unions and management…….oh brother.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:29:39 +0000

They didn’t sigh a contract. They agreed to go to binding arbitration. Then, they appealed the ruling in a legal permissible move. Why should they honor something that harms them before exhausting their appeals?

By: rhywun

rhywun — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:27:45 +0000

I agree that the MTA should honor a contract it signed…. and then never, EVER, sign another one that’s greater than one year in length.

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:36:20 +0000

That was good for a laugh. A Doody-Head?I am a PROUD Station Agent and Local 100 member but that was an embarassing display of who is in charge of the Union.I heard more creative knock-knock and yo momma jokes.She does NOT speak on my behalf with that kind of statement.I honestly do think the MTA should stick to the arbitration tho because they AGREED to it with the swoop of a pen.If they didn’t agree to it,than why did they sign on the dotted line in the first place.

By: Kid Twist

Kid Twist — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:31:52 +0000

And keep in mind, she’s a station agent. That potty mouth belongs to someone who’s job it is to represent NYCT to the public. I just hope for her sake that she doesn’t work the 4 line.

By: petey

petey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:24:41 +0000

i’m the son of a TWU bus driver, and a sympathiser of the union’s interests, as i know that their actions have immeasurably improved the lives of their members, their members children, and the transit riding public.

but i’m just mortified by this. this pinder person should be repudiated by the union leadership. today, like.

By: Kid Twist

Kid Twist — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:56:23 +0000

And Walder responded, “I’m rubber, you’re glue …”

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:53:28 +0000

You know, this has got to be one of the least sympathetic unions ever.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:18:50 +0000

The TWU is trying to portray the MTA as a management-heavy organization intent on paying its countless executives far more than they deserve.

Paying those executives any amount of money is far more than they deserve.