President Samuelsen Honored with Labor Award from Brooklyn Democrats for Change

MAY 27 -- TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen received the Labor Leader of the Year award from Brooklyn's Democrats for Change political club in their ninth annual dinner event in Bay Ridge. Speaking to political leaders including Kings County Democratic Chair Frank Seddio, John took the podium to discuss the Union's issues with Mayor de Blasio's vision zero law, and the criminalization of Bus Operators who are involved in accidents through no fault of their own. He described the blind spots and engineering defects in buses and traffic right-of-ways that have given rise to accidents which have resulted in the arrests of Bus Operators, and called on members of the political club to stand with the union in fighting to amend  the Vision Zero law in the City Council.