TWU Responds to Arrest of Bus Operator after Brooklyn Accident

Local 100 President John Samuelsen and Vice President JP Patafio lashed out at the arrest of one of our Bus Operators after a tragic accident in Brooklyn under Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero plan.  The Daily News and the New York Times had the most comprehensive pieces.

Read Pete Donohue's take here.

The Times reported that Samuelsen "called the girl’s injury a tragedy but said the city and its police force were putting drivers in an impossible situation by arresting them for accidents." The paper quoted him as follows: “They navigate incredibly difficult streets loaded with pedestrians, and they do this without any enforcement on the pedestrian end of things,” Mr. Samuelsen said, adding, “To arrest an operator for an unintentional accident is really just absolutely outrageous, illogical and anti-worker.”