Conference Finds Common Ground As Union, Management, Advocates and Economists Meet

On Sept 27 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Local 100 hosted a major conference on revitalizing transit manufacturing in New York. In remarks to conference attendees, which included top execs of the MTA, Congressman Jerry Nadler, and Federal Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari, Local 100 President John Samuelsen said that New York working families – who support the transit system – should have first crack at good transit manufacturing jobs.

• SEE ALSO: "Creating Jobs, Opportunity Through Transit Investments" by John Porcari at WhiteHouse.gov

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