Thursday, November 24, 2011

Seniority Preserved In The Department Of Buses

Happy Thanksgiving To All!

We will Start re-picking December 5th & 6th ( Incumbents) We will start re-picking from PEG# 1933 

Crossover Pick will be on December 8th 

Consolidated will be from December 9th to December 23rd

Sorry For all inconveniences! Seniority was preserved By Your Union





In Solidarity 
Donald Yates
MaBstoa TWU-100

Monday, November 21, 2011

System Pick Stopped In the Department Of Buses

Today the system pick was stopped because the pick Dispatcher at 100St Depot tried to reopen Memorial Day week which was closed on October 25th 2011 which would of been a violation of our pick practices and overall seniority between the TA and MaBstoa. Dwayne Ruffin Chairman of 100st Depot did his job when he caught the issue and brought it to Richard Davis Manhattan Division Chair who stopped the pick. The pick will have to be restarted from October 25th PEG# 1932
Brian Clarke Vice President of MaBstoa Ultimatly ordered the pick redone due to the seniority issue. All Division Chairs TAS/MaBstoa notified.
Stay tuned for more developments!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Something To Think About

Brothers and Sisters
An opportunity has been created with the Wall-Street protests. As we get closer to our contract expiration the membership must participate. Many of us are only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds. This must change for the benefit of our children's future. 
In reading many of the posts that's out there, our brother and sisters are asleep lull-abided by the media (negative) 
Do we as a collective really understand what conditioning is? Remember the movie the matrix? Everything seemed to be real, but it wasn't! How real is the occupy wall street struggle to you?  Do you believe that we are the 99%? If the answer is yes, then we should be supportive of the social struggles! What are the social struggles? Racism, Classism, Education, Housing just to mention a few. Our personal social struggle within Transit is assaults and managerial persecution. How do we change the tide? Get involved, and if you're a representative accept the help that is offered!
November 15th 2011 is the day we will start negotiations. What ever your issues, be there to support the leadership. 7th Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Street
As a footnote, be mindful of the folks who try to turn things political for the sake of their own self interests, those actions are not building blocks for our fight ahead!



In Solidarity 
Donald Yates
MaBstoa TWU-100