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...margin of defeat was rail-thin. Out of over 22,000 votes cast, there were just seven more nays than yeas. But short of a recount, the contract is dead-a stark reversal of fortunes for Transport Workers Union president Roger Toussaint. During the strike, the former subway car cleaner survived the wrath of millions of nettled commuters just long enough to win some real concessions from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Toussaint faces possible jail time for the strike, not to mention the millions in fines leveled at the union, but he had managed to preserve pensions and lock...
...Thursday morning, the war of words between union officials and politicians was on high boil. Michael Bloomberg called the union leaders thugs. Union president Roger Toussaint spat back, railing against the meddling of billionaire politicians who have never had to fight for their retirement. But behind the public volleys, private talks between the union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) had already come close to an agreement that would get the trains rolling again. Shuttle diplomacy by a few low-profile labor mediators convinced the union to call off the strike, even without a contract, in time...
...however, even though this strike lasted only one-fourth as long the two previous modern strikes. Workers are still facing fines of $1,200 each-two days' pay for each for each of the three strike days. The union has been ordered to pay a separate $3 million fine. Toussaint is due in court to answer contempt charges, and could face jail time. And despite the thaw at the negotiating table, the governor and mayor have both said all penalties and fines should to be enforced...
...union has also made it clear that the strike was not just about dollars and cents, but about respect as well. The workers, Toussaint intoned, deserve to be noticed, not to mention appreciated, for their endless toil below ground, among the rats and the steel dust. The notice they gained this week, however, looked at times more like notoriety-from commuters carping about the relatively high transit worker salary to angry blogs posting pictures of various station agents sleeping in their booths before the strike. But on this morning, however, forgiveness was in the close subway station...
...area. The responding officer determined the roaming journalists did not have permission to film and subsequently sent them away. Oct. 5: 8:01 p.m.—An officer was alerted about an individual in the area of Leverett House Dining Hall with an active, outstanding warrant. Rodley Toussaint, 22, of Malden, Mass. was then arrested by police. Oct. 6: 7:11 a.m.—An officer reported to the Center for Astrophysics in response to wires that were reportedly burning inside of the building. Police arrived, along with engineering officials, and the matter was controlled...