CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LOCAL 100 LEADERSHIP.
TWU-Local 100 has been sliding backwards for far too long. With this coming election, Local 100 members have the opportunity to reverse the course our union has been following.

The Take Back Our Union slate will seek to protect every job. We will launch a full-scale fightback against layoffs. We will build a union which has the capacity to defend our livelihoods against management.

TBOU is determined to bring our union back to life. We will organize rank and file transit workers to resist management's attacks and re-establish TWU-Local 100 as a union of workers which aggressively defends our benefits and working conditions. 

We are a broad coalition representing a wide range of experiences and diverse viewpoints. Unlike our opponents, we welcome conflicting opinions. We know that no individual and no faction of the union has all the answers Local 100 needs to accomplish our goals. Bringing a variety of voices to the table will strengthen us all. We don't agree on everything - but what we DO agree is that:

• Members - not arbitrators - should decide our contracts. When Toussaint sent the contract to arbitration, no one on the Toussaint/Tate/Watt team stood up for the member's right to vote.

• Management - not the members - should pay for medical benefits. The  Toussaint/Tate/Watt team supported the 1.5% Toussaint Tax and believes capping it will be a victory.

• Members should be represented by the officers they elect. The Toussaint/Tate/Watt team supported Toussaint when he removed elected officers from their duties merely for speaking their minds.

• A strong union presence is needed on the job. Under the regime Toussaint, Watt and their supporters, the stewards system has withered and management has stepped up its abuse of our members and violations of our contract.

• Most of all, we agree that OUR UNION IS WEAKER NOW THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. The strength of our union is not measured by its bank accounts, by the number of calls made by its phone bank, or by the numbers at an amusement park. Our strength is measured by the willingness of its members to stand together against management and the readiness of the union to lead them in that fight.
  
  We've come together to Take Back Our Union. And we ask you to join us in making that happen.