Roger Toussaint, the president of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union, was sentenced today to 10 days in jail and fined $1,000 by Judge Theodore T. Jones of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn in connection with last December's transit strike.
The sentence is not to take effect for 30 days, and Mr. Toussaint can appeal the ruling during that time.
Two other officials of the 33,700-member local, Ed Watt, the secretary-treasurer, and Darlyne Lawson, the recording secretary, were each sentenced to $500 fines.
Mr. Toussaint and the two others were found to be in contempt of court for refusing to order their members back to work after the illegal strike commenced late in December, during the busy holiday season. The strike ended on Dec. 22, after three days of turmoil.
Toussaint and 2 Other Union Leaders Sentenced for Transit Strike
The man behind the billions lost during the transit strike gets 10 days in jail and a fine $1,000.
Roger Toussaint, the president of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union, was sentenced today to 10 days in jail and fined $1,000 by Judge Theodore T. Jones of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn in connection with last December’s transit strike.
The sentence is not to take effect for 30 days, and Mr. Toussaint can appeal the ruling during that time.
Two other officials of the 33,700-member local, Ed Watt, the secretary-treasurer, and Darlyne Lawson, the recording secretary, were each sentenced to $500 fines.
Mr. Toussaint and the two others were found to be in contempt of court for refusing to order their members back to work after the illegal strike commenced late in December, during the busy holiday season. The strike ended on Dec. 22, after three days of turmoil.
The workers are still without a contract, as a result of the defeat by seven-vote margin of a deal that would have provided wage increases but increased charges for health care.
Late last month, the New York State Public Employment Relations Board ordered that the dispute be settled by binding arbitration. The union has objected to arbitration, saying it might end up with a worse deal than it could bargain for itself.
justice
It’s about time!
He and all those who helped him deserve to sit for the damage they did to our city.
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Toussaint hater
they should have given him the chair!!!!!
to justice
by the way the one that posted it is Techei not Webby
huu?
1000$ if he was white it would be 1000,000$ and if he was a jew he would have hanged.
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very good