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  2. Roger Toussaint - Wikipedia

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    Roger Toussaint. Roger Toussaint is an American worker who led the December 20th, 2005 New York City transit strike which lasted three days and shut down bus and subway service in the city. Toussaint was the president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 in New York City (NYC) from January 2001 through December 2009.

  3. 2005 New York City transit strike - Wikipedia

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    A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers. In December 2005, the TWU Local 100 ...

  4. First OMNY Card Machines Roll Out To Replace MetroCards

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    NEW YORK CITY — The MetroCard's sleek tap-to-pay replacement can now be purchased in a select handful of subway stations, MTA officials said. The first OMNY Card vending machines will "finally ...

  5. MTA Employee Ran Brothel Out Of Brooklyn Apartment, DA Says

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    The MTA employee, accused of running a brothel out of his apartment at 1083 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, was indicted on prostitution charges. Find out what's happening in Brooklyn with free ...

  6. MTA Boss Admits What New Yorkers Already Know ... - Patch

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    NEW YORK CITY, NY – The MTA's boss admitted this week what every New Yorker already knows – service sucks. ... “We have some 70,000 employees who work hard every day to serve our customers ...

  7. Shoddy Vetting Lets Convicts Get Jobs With MTA: Audit

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    According to the report, NYC Transit plans to increase its number of background checks after the MTA awards a new all-agency contract for background investigation services in early 2020.

  8. Transport Workers Union of America - Wikipedia

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    Membership (US records; ×1000) [1] Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local 100, which ...

  9. MTA Posters Remind Passengers Of Face Covering Mandate

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    All MTA employees have been ordered to wear face coverings since the beginnings of the new coronavirus outbreak in New York City, transit officials said. The transit agency has been encouraging ...