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On Saturday June 21, more than 3,000 unionized Long Island Rail Road workers and their supporters rallied for a new contract Saturday, June 21, demonstrating their resolve in achieving the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 245.
\nUnion officials from a variety of crafts, as well as local, state and national political figures joined them.
\nSMART\u2019s coalition partners include the Transportation Communications Union, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers-Service Employees International Union. All organizations were well represented at the event.
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\nSpeakers called upon New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intervene in the workers\u2019 months-long dispute with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the LIRR. The SMART Transportation Division members and others unionized employees have been working under an contract since June 2010. SMART members and the other unions can strike on July 19 under provisions of the Railway Labor Act, but have asked MTA to extend a 60-day cooling off period into September.
\n\u201cThe governor needs to step up, tell the MTA to wake up and extend this cooling off period, so we don\u2019t have a crushing blow to the economy of eastern Long Island,\u201d said SMART Transportation Division GO 505 General Chairperson Anthony Simon.
\nOrganizers were expecting about 2,000 people to attend the rally, but noted that they had exhausted their supply of rally T-shirts hours before the rally began.
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\n\u201cWe had awesome turnout,\u201d Simon said. \u201cThe sign-in sheet stopped at 2,300 and people just kept coming, more than 3,000.\u201d
\nSMART Transportation Division President John Previsich said he was amazed by the turnout. \u201cIt was great to see so many union members and others supporting our membership on the LIRR. From the beginning of this long and arduous process, we have informed the MTA that we will not settle for anything less than the fair agreement that our members deserve.
\n“We have made our intentions very clear \u2013 we will not agree to the substandard contract that they are trying to force on us and the members of our coalition. This show of solidarity will send a message to MTA and the governor that our members and the union coalition are standing firm in our resolve to not settle for less than the fair and respectful contract to which our members are entitled.”
\nBesides SMART General President Joe Nigro and Secretary-Treasurer Joe Sellers, the rally was attended by Transportation Communications Union President Robert Scardelletti and Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen President Dan Pickett.
\n\u201cIf Gov. Cuomo doesn\u2019t intervene, union members will be waiting for him in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada,\u201d Nigro said. \u201cWe will only stand with politicians who stand with working families.\u201d
\nAlso attending and offering their support were U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Dist. 1), State Sens. John J. Flanagan (R-Dist. 2) and Carl L. Marcellino (R-Dist. 5), Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Town of Babylon Supervisor Richard Schaffer.
\nAddressing the rally attendees, Bishop said, \u201cThey\u2019re not looking for a giveaway, they\u2019re not looking for a handout, they just want to let the collective bargaining process work. The unions have made it very clear that they would accept the results of (PEB 245\u2019s) rulings. The MTA refuses to accept those. We\u2019ve got to move forward here.\u201d
\n\u201cSuffolk County is here to stand with you,\u201d Bellone said.
\nBishop also presented a letter to MTA Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast from a bipartisan group of congresspersons whose constituents would be affected by a work stoppage. It was signed U.S. Reps. Peter King (R-Dist. 2), Steve Israel (D-Dist. 3), Carolyn McCarthy (D-Dist. 4), Gregory W. Meeks (D-Dist. 5), Grace Meng (D-Dist. 6), Hakeem Jeffries (D-Dist. 8), Jerrold Nadler (D-Dist. 10), Carolyn Maloney (D-Dist. 12), Joseph Crowley (D-Dist. 14) and Bishop.
\nIt read in part: \u201cAs members of Congress representing districts that would be unduly impacted by any disruption of Long Island Railroad (LIRR) service, we are writing to express our concern regarding the ongoing labor dispute between the MTA and LIRR employee labor unions. We encourage the MTA to accept a proposal from the involved employee labor unions to extend the current \u201ccooling off\u201d period for an additional 60 days.\u201d
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