Reelect Roger Toussaint, For Humor's Sake

If Roger Toussaint spent as much time trying to help his union members as he does glorifying himself, the TWU would be in a much better position right now.

Last year, Toussaint led his union on a 3-day strike over lack of a contract that cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue. During the strike, a city firefighter was riding his bike to work and was hit by a bus, both were on the street because of the strike.

In the end, the union members lost 6 days pay, the union was fined $2,500,000 and had to give up it's right to take member dues from workers' paychecks, and Toussaint spent four days in jail. Oh, and 288 days later - they still don't have a contract. Bravo.

With the union in financial ruin and still without a contract, Toussaint is running for reelection as president of the TWU. Giving him the keys to another term would be like calling Ted Kennedy's office for a designated driver.

So how big of an egomaniac is Toussaint? Well for $2 you can buy an autographed picture of him leading his thug troops during the failed strike. The funds go to his reelection fund.

Now, I thought about buying an autographed picture of Roger Toussaint and then posting a video tape of me burning the picture. But I thought better of it.

However, I will download the picture above, print it, and burn it for free.

(Source - AMNY)

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