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Yikes - Judge Theodore Jones just ruled that the Transport Workers Union must pay a $2.5 million fine for the three-day transit strike! And what's more, the TWU cannot deduct union dues from MTA employee paychecks (which is what they automatically do now) for three months. The TWU had complained that a big fine, plus not being able to draw monthly dues, would cripple them (who knew they have over a million in unpaid bills!), but their headquarters are worth a lotta money. The TWU has to pay the fine without 30 days; its president, Roger Touissant, was sentenced to 10 days in jail for breaking the Taylor Law during the strike. Hmm, we wonder if this will give the MTA any more or less leverage if the TWU-MTA contract goes to binding arbitration.
TWU Needs to Pay Big Money Fine!
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Why is this nutless judge jones giving the TWU a half a million dollar discount. The TWU attorneys are lying when they claim this will bankrupt the union. They get to collect dues for the rest of eternity and the only overhead they have is to negotiate a contract every couple of years which has minimal cost. The dues deductions could still possibly be permanent. rank and file transit workers should push to prevent Roger from re-installing the automatic paycheck deductions.
Serves 'em right. They broke the law.
I'm positively surprised. TWU lawyer is a joke. It is irrelevant whether fines will bankrupt TWU (unfortunately, they won't) or not since they broke the law.
It is outrageous if TWU can deduct monthly dues automatically after 90 days. This should be permanent just like Taylor's law says.
Big money? Just how much did they cost the city in lost wages and productivity? $2.5 mil is too small by an order of magnitude. Sue 'em into oblivion, I say.
The TWU is getting what the deserve for breaking the law.
I AM THE LAW!!
what does this mean:
"The TWU has to pay the fine without 30 days"
Justice
It's time the reformers got reformed themselves. This was never about a fair wage for TWU members. They are better taken care of than the vast majority of workers in this country. This was only ever about union power over the city and the MTA. Francis Perkins would be disgusted at how union leaders have perverted what she started.
Who run Bartertown now bitch?