Judge: Jail For Toussaint
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NEW YORK (AP) – The union president who called an illegal strike that halted New York City’s subways and buses in December should be jailed for 10 days and fined $1,000 for criminal contempt, a judge ruled Monday.
The judge said he would allow union president Roger Toussaint to remain free for the next 30 days so he could appeal the decision. The judge also fined Toussaint’s two top deputies $500 each.
In staging the 60-hour walkout during the holiday shopping season, the union violated the state law, which bars public employees from striking.
A Transport Workers Union Local 100 spokesman, Jesse Derris, confirmed the decision but declined to comment. A call to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the nation’s largest mass-transit system, was not immediately returned.
