Samuelsen confronts rubber stamp MTA Board

The MTA Board – labeled by Local 100 President John Samuelsen as “a bunch of rich guys who have hijacked our transit system” – rubber-stamped Chairman Jay Walder’s plan to drastically increase fares, while at the same time following through on a previous assault on subway safety and security by closing 89 stations booths and laying off an additional 200 Station Agents.

Local 100 leaders, members, and transit riders and advocates packed the MTA Board room and an “...

President Samuelsen on NY1's "Inside City Hall" July 19, 2010 (Part 2 of 2)
President Samuelsen on NY1's "Inside City Hall" July 19, 2010 (Part 1 of 2)
Riding the MTA

In a report on Fox 5 News, reporter Charles Leaf uncovers the MTA's double standard when it comes to the safety of riders. While the Station Agent layer of security is being stripped from the system, MTA Chairman Jay Walder has a constant detail of two armed security guards, and MTA Board Members, even in their ultra-secure headquarters, are guarded at meetings by a half-dozen armed undercover detectives.
Transit Workers' Message to the MTA: "Lay Off Walder!"

 

TUESDAY, July 13 -- With chants of "Fire the MTA," and "Lay Off Walder" reverberating throughout the historic Great Hall of Cooper Union College, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen accused MTA Chairman Jay Walder and other members of the Board of being "totally out of touch" with the riding public and New York's working families.

He further accused the MTA bosses of putting millions of riders "in harms way" by following through on plans to...

Local 100 Joins Major Unions to Confront Banks on Foreclosure Policies

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 -- Union leaders including Local 100’s John Samuelsen, the UFT’s Michael Mulgrew, Local 1199’s George Gresham, DC 37’s Oliver Gray, and Brooklyn’s Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry joined with City Comptroller John Liu today and with Jon Kest, Director of New York Communities for Change, to announce a fightback against financial institutions who have profited from the subprime crisis, and now refuse to address its devastating fallout.
Local 100 President Samuelsen, MBP Stringer Rake MTA’s Booth Closing Plans; Urge Big Turnout at Public Hearings

Local 100 President John Samuelsen and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer teamed up at a Times Square press conference July 12, 2010 to urge a “huge public outcry” at MTA hearings July 13-14, 2010 against plans to close 89 more subway booths and fire an additional 220 Station Agents.

Both leaders expressed hope that a huge turnout of New Yorkers at the July 13-14 MTA hearings will turn the tide in favor of keeping the booths open and keeping...

Dia de los obreros 2010
TWU Local 100 at the Puerto Rican Day Parade NYC
Pres. Samuelsen speaks at rally of public-sector workers