Transit workers rally in Brooklyn Heights against their own union
TWU Local 100 faction warn against concessions
The contract for 38,000 New York City Transit workers expires on Jan. 15, and a group of union members says they fear the union will make too many concessions to the city during upcoming negotiations.
On Thursday, dozens of Transport Workers United (TWU) Local 100 members rallied outside of TWU headquarters on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. They held signs saying, “Reps are supposed to work for us, not management,” and “Stop the corruption inside TWU Local 100.”
Joe Campbell, a car inspector and union member, said that some workers felt that the last contract negotiated by the union was full of concessions.