Toussaint through as head of TWU

Roger Toussaint sure picked a good time to step down. With massive service cuts and fare hikes on tap for the MTA and plans that will inevitably include the dismissal of TWU members looming, Roger Toussaint announced yesterday that he will not run for re-election of the local union that reps the city’s transit workers. Toussaint will forever be remembered for orchestrating the 2005 transit walk out and the subsequent penalties the union suffered because of that action.