Largest TWU Parade in Memory Fills Eastern Parkway

With TWU Local 100 Secretary-Treasurer Earl Phillips as a Grand Marshall, the annual West Indian Day Parade, also known as Carnival, filled Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway with the beat and colors of the Caribbean. While Phillips tended to his work as a dignitary, including shaking hands with Governor Cuomo and posing for a multitude of pictures with other public figures, the Union's rank and file -- 500 strong -- marched in a joyous parade down the mile-long course. Not only did the MTA send a City bus, the TWU International sent the Union's own big tour bus, and we had a float that was the envy of many other groups with the most powerful sound system in the parade and a DJ to match. Enjoy the video -- we'll have more in the next few days.