Local 100 Mourns the Passing of Ralph DiSpigna

Local 100 is mourning the death of Ralph DiSpigna, retired Director of the TWU Local 100-NYCT-MABSTOA Health Benefit Trust.  He was 87 and had retired in 1998 after 19 years as Director of the Trust.  Prior to that, he had served as Director of the Local 100 Retirees Association.Ralph started as a Bus Operator at the 54th St. Depot in Manhattan.  He served as Vice Chair there, and then as Chair of the Hudson Pier Depot after the closure of 54th Street.In 1973, Ralph made a cameo appearance in the action flick, the 7 Ups, with Roy Scheider.  He didn’t even have to dress in costume.  The scene had the film’s hero getting on to Ralph’s bus.Ralph attended the union-sponsored 50th Anniversary of the 1966 transit strike.

Arrangements are as follows:

Viewing:
Yardley & Pino funeral home
91 Hampton Street
Sag Harbor, New York 11963
Saturday, February 2, 2019 3:00pm- 6:00Ppm
Sunday, February 3, 2019 12noon-3:00pm