TWU Debate

Before we rush headfirst into 2008, there’s still at least on more race this year to get through: Transport Workers Union Local 100′s presidential election. Chuck Bennett unearthed this a video of the Nov. 16 debate between the union’s four presidential candidates.

The clip is more than an hour long — consider yourself Read More

Toussaint Gets Company

Chuck Bennett, who is keeping his eye on the TWU election, has some good new for union president Roger Toussaint. There is another candidate in the race to beat him: Ainsley Stewart

“He plans to hammer Toussaint on calling off the strike after 60 hours and, of course, the 1.5% of gross wage Read More

Transit Politics

And now, news from another kind of campaign…

A reader familiar with transportation politics adds a little background to that story about Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint’s re-election challenge.

Heading the opposition to Toussaint is Barry Roberts, a bus driver aligned with the former TWU president Read More