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Robert Jackson, Transit Forward, a Million Hoodies and Moms Demand Action on Yetta Kurland LIVE!

Yetta Kurland | Posted 05.04.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Nyc, Trayvon Martin, Transit Forward, Gun Control, Race, Wwrl, America, TWU Local 100, Daniel Maree, Transportation, Twu, Gun Violence, Robert Jackson, Talk Radio, Education, Marvin Holland, City Council, A Million Hoodies, Yetta Kurland, Moms Demand Action, Marie Delus, Video, Gay Voices News
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This week I spoke to City Council Member Robert Jackson on education funding in NY and the recent lawsuit to restore $250 million to the city school b...

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Bloody MetroCards To Raise Awareness Of Subway Deaths

| Posted 02.07.2013 | New York
Read More: Video, New York Transit Workers Union, New York City Subway, Ny News, New York City Subway Accidents, Bloody Metrocard, New York City Subway Deaths, Subway Deaths, New York News, Mta, TWU Local 100, Metrocards, New York News

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — The city's public transit union will be distributing creepy mock MetroCards Thursday to...

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John Samuelsen, David Badash, Paul Newell and Antonino D'Ambrosio on Yetta Kurland LIVE! Oct. 3, 2012 (AUDIO)

Yetta Kurland | Posted 12.11.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Nyc, Let Fury Have the Hour, Paul Newell, David Badash, Presidential Debate, Mta, Yetta Kurland, TWU Local 100, Gay Voices News
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Today's guests include Transit Workers TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, Editor of The New Civil Rights Movement David Badash, Democratic District Leader Paul Newell and filmmaker Antonino D'Ambrosio.

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A Thanksgiving Message to the Transit Workers of New York City

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 01.23.2012 | New York
Read More: Collective Bargaining, John Samuelsen, Twu Strike, Occupy Wall Street, New York City Transit, Mta Health Benefits, Mta, Mta News, Mta Wages, TWU Local 100, New York City, Public Transportation, Thanksgiving Commentary, Mta Contract Negotiations, TWU President John Samuelsen, New York News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Dear Transit Workers of NYC: As you sit down to enjoy your Thanksgiving meal, I hope you will take a moment to think about the rest of us here in NYC who depend on public transportation to get to and from work.

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Matt Sledge

Occupy Wall Street Members Say They Welcome Solidarity But Don't Want To Be Co-Opted

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.06.2011 | Business
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As labor unions and some Democratic Party politicians express support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, the core group of occupiers themselves are ...

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TWU "Day Of Outrage" Wreaking Havoc On MTA Commuters? Maybe

Huffington Post | Eve Attermann | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Nyc Public Transit, Nyc Bus, Subway Strike, Nyc Buses, Public Transit, Mta, MTA Strike, NYC Subway, New York, New York City, TWU Local 100, New York News

This morning, a downtown-bound 6 Train pulled up slowly to Grand Central Terminal. It was absolutely packed. Even the end cars suffered the crush of p...

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MTA Chief Jay Walder A "Doody-Head": Union Official Andreeva Pinder

nydailynews.com | Pete Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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MTA Chairman Jay Walder and fellow authority board members were called "a bunch of doody-heads" by a high ranking union official at Walder's first boa...

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MTA: F Train Is Slowest, Dirtiest Of Them All

brooklynpaper.com | Gersh Kuntzman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Carroll Gardens, F Train, Brooklyn, Metropolitan Transport Authority, New York City Subway, Dumbo, Coney Island, Mta, Rush Hour, New York, New York City, TWU Local 100, New York News

The F train is slower, dirtier and less reliable than other lines in the subway system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority finally admitted in ...

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