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Transit-union boss Roger Toussaint treated himself to big raises during the same years bus and subway workers settled for meager ones — a move opponents say is not only improper, but also violates TWU rules.
According to Transport Workers Union bylaws, a union officer's raise cannot exceed what transit workers get through collective bargaining.

But while bus and subway workers received no raise in 2003, Toussaint earned a 4 percent increase, to $93,987. And in 2004, when the rank and file got a 3 percent boost, the union boss got an 8.5 percent raise, to $101,990, according to payroll records filed with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Roger Toussaint led the union into a disasterous and illegal strike against the MTA. His outrageous conduct throughout the negotiations and calling the illegal strike show his inability to lead the union.

Toussaint denies any wrongdoing with respect to his pay. Of course he does. As with most everything else Toussaint has done, he denies having done anything wrong.

His criminal actions, and those of the union, relating to the strike are still pending before a New York court.

The union is still negotiating with the MTA over the terms of negotiating a new contract.

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