Bus Operator Recounts Violent Ordeal on the Bx9

A Bronx grand jury is taking testimony in the case of Bus Operator Marlene Bien-Aime, who was viciously beaten by a teen who boarded her crowded Bx9 bus on Fordham Road Tuesday evening. Along with Local 100 Secretary-Treasurer Earl Phillips and MABSTOA Division Chair Frank Austin, Bien-Aime talked to the press outside the courthouse sharing new details about the attack. The assault on the Local 100 member could mean a felony conviction for Steangeli Medina, who became...

Accident Caught on Video

Today’s Daily News broke the story of what Local 100 President John Samuelsen called “one of the most horrifying near-misses” he had ever seen – a wheel coming straight off a QM2A bus and caroming off a building on Steinway Street, nearly striking a passing woman with a stroller...

RECAP: Transit Workers Appreciation Day
Thousands of transit workers, thousands of hot dogs, and dozens of bar-b-cue grills going full-out were part of Transit Worker Appreciation Day at MCU Stadium at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Local 100 President John Samuelsen threw out the first pitch at 1 PM’s celebrity softball game, sponsored by the...
State legislators join advocates, workers to push transit lock box bill

State Senator Martin Golden and State Assemblyman Jim Brennan joined transit advocates and TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen to push for the adoption of the transit lock box bill, A. 6766/S.4257, that would prevent the "sweeping" of funds dedicated to transit to other budgetary items.
TWU Demonstrates on Wall Street

A hundred TWU Local 100 members marched from the MTA's office building at 2 Broadway to Wall Street, making up a very vocal part of the estimated 20,000 union members, citizens, and politicians who showed up to demand that Wall Street execs and bankers pay their fair share and help put people back to work. 
Remembering Barrington Garvey

Local 100 members and officers joined together in memory of Bus Operator Barrington Garvey, who died shortly after picket duty during the 2005 Liberty Lines Strike.
On International Workers Day: Putting a Human Face on Workers' Safety
On International Workers’ Day, May 1, TWU Local 100 Vice President for RTO Kevin Harrington brought Bernadette, the widow of fallen Track Worker Daniel Boggs, and their daughter Kristen on stage to address thousands of labor activists at Foley Square in downtown Manhattan. The purpose: to put a human...
Memorial for Fallen Track Worker Danny Boggs
In Remembrance of the Fourth Anniversary of the death of Track Worker Daniel Boggs, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, top officers, members of the fallen worker’s family gathered near the spot where he died on the tracks at the Columbus Circle station in Manhattan. Watch our video to hear...
Memorial for Fallen Track Worker Danny Boggs
In Remembrance of the Fourth Anniversary of the death of Track Worker Daniel Boggs, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, top officers, members of the fallen worker’s family gathered near the spot where he died on the tracks at the Columbus Circle station in Manhattan. Watch our video to hear...
TWU Local 100 Lobby Day 2011

2500 members from all of the MTA unions came to Albany to demand a transit lock box. Watch our video to see how we were received – and the legislators who are standing with us.