General Strike Now6d ago
... general strike to halt ICE terror in their city. Lessons of the 2005 MTA strike. Even without the affidavit, the TWU's basic attitude towards a ...#RogerToussaint #TransportWorkersUnionTWU #MetropolitanTransportationAuthorityMTA #LongIslandRailRoadLIRR #strike #TaylorLaw #JohnSameulsen #KathyHochul #AndrewCuomo #ZohranMamdani
As New York transit workers prepare to fight MTA austerity, former union president Toussaint defends no-strike affidavit
As New York transit workers prepare to fight MTA austerity, former union president Toussaint defends no-strike affidavit

Following the last strike in 2005, Transit Workers Union Local 100 signed an affidavit forswearing the right to ever strike again.

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General Strike NowMay 11

... general strike. Find out more. Read more. The political issues in the New York City transit workers' contract struggle. 29 April 2026. New York rally ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA), like mass transit agencies all over the country, is determined to make the workers pay for a fiscal crisis that they did not create.#busandtrainworkers #NewYorkCity #NewYorkState #MetropolitanTransportationAuthorityMTA #LongIslandRailRoadLIRR #TaylorLaw #ZohranMamdani #KathyHochul #JohnSamuelsen #AndrewCuomo #FederalRailwayLaborAct #PresidentialEmergencyBoardPEB
New York transit and LIRR workers: Build rank-and-file committees—prepare a united strike!

New York transit and LIRR workers: Build rank-and-file committees—prepare a united strike!

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA), like mass transit agencies all over the country, is determined to make the workers pay for a fiscal crisis that they did not create.

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Institute of Forest ManagementJan 20

🌲 New research evaluates the economic impact of rare, high-impact climate disturbances on forest stands. 📉
By integrating Taylor’s Law with Monte Carlo simulations, the study assesses both expected returns (LEV) and worst-case financial risks (CVaR) across various tree species and mixed stands.🌳💹
#Forestry #ClimateChange #RiskAssessment #TaylorLaw #Sustainability

Link to the study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934126000018?via%3Dihub

General Strike NowDec 24
During the event, the ex-union leader expressed his opposition to a general strike at the time and downplayed the lack of support from leaders of ...#RogerToussaint #TransportWorkersUnionTWU #MetropolitanTransportationAuthorityMTA #TaylorLaw #Condon-WadlinAct #MichaelBloomberg #CityUniversityofNewYorkCUNY #NewDirections #JohnSamuelsen
Twenty years later, the former head of the Transport Workers Union local rewrites the history of the New York City 2005 transit strike
Twenty years later, the former head of the Transport Workers Union local rewrites the history of the New York City 2005 transit strike

In the meeting at CUNY, Roger Toussaint obscured the central role of the Democratic Party and whitewashed his own role in sabotaging the strike.

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