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LaborPress Radio With TWU Local 100 Leader Richard Davis and Alex Garrett at Heroes of Labor 10-9-24 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: All right, I'm here with the TWU one hundred President
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  Speaker 1: Richard Davis. Thanks so much for joining me today be
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  Speaker 1: and this Heroes of Labor event honoring the tw What's
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  Speaker 1: that means to you as union president?
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  Speaker 2: So as union president, as union president, it's a great
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  Speaker 2: honor to stand here with our members who are the
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  Speaker 2: real heroes and who represents us. And it's to get
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  Speaker 2: our recognitions to show we appreciated, which is sell them
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  Speaker 2: to get appreciated, appreciation from the republic and others. But
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  Speaker 2: we we are we drive the system, recreating our structure.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a problem for us to stand here and
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  Speaker 2: our members get recognized for what they.
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  Speaker 1: Do, you know, the honorees. But tell us about why
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  Speaker 1: there is a venisone Bartners. We only hear about unions
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  Speaker 1: in bad situations, right, how good is ermin good situations
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  Speaker 1: like this?
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  Speaker 3: So we fight for our members day in and day out,
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  Speaker 3: for their.
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  Speaker 2: Benefits, for the vacation, for their time off, just to
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  Speaker 2: be with their families, for their payer So we feel
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  Speaker 2: great as the union. As part of gaming the unions,
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  Speaker 2: you are fighting all the time to make sure.
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  Speaker 3: You never lose anything.
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  Speaker 2: But we are you know, we get satisfaction from that fight,
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  Speaker 2: and you should have members all the awful what they do.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what makes this special to us.
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  Speaker 1: Be a part of the union TWU one hundred obviously
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  Speaker 1: one of the largest unions for trendsit workers. How do
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  Speaker 1: you keep tabs on all your members and make sure
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  Speaker 1: they're taking care of.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's it's it's expiring to me and I love
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  Speaker 2: being the president. It's a wonderful job. You elated when
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  Speaker 2: you see people satisfied what they receive and and happy
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  Speaker 2: that that they can go and enjoy the moment of
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  Speaker 2: their life.
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  Speaker 3: So it does gives.
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  Speaker 2: You that that that feeling that that you can't buy
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  Speaker 2: money when you see people are getting what's rightly deserving
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  Speaker 2: to them.
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  Speaker 1: All right, message to New Yorker stay who might face
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  Speaker 1: one of your workers and you know, see them on
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  Speaker 1: the subway as the buses, and you know what's your
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  Speaker 1: measures them and treat them with respect, right, I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's the number one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, you have to treat our members respect, dignity
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  Speaker 2: and making sure that are appreciated and understand. We have
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  Speaker 2: difficult jobs. We're in danger every day, day in and
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  Speaker 2: day out. We come here to work and go home
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  Speaker 2: to our families and not with blood and our shu
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  Speaker 2: shar or damage to our bodies. You want to come
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  Speaker 2: in one piece and go in the same way to
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  Speaker 2: go home and enjoy the time with our family.
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  Speaker 1: One last thing you mentioned the story about the horrible stabbing.
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  Speaker 1: When news like that happens, you're probably one of the
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  Speaker 1: person know before and it's the headlines. Tell us what
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  Speaker 1: that's like. When an instant does happen, how do you
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  Speaker 1: jump into action for your members?
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  Speaker 2: So you react because it's part of what's in your DNA,
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  Speaker 2: So you react with concern, compassion, worry about the family,
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  Speaker 2: worry about the member. Is the member okay, that's first
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  Speaker 2: and foremost that we have to make sure our members okay,
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  Speaker 2: So we go right into action. We already set up
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  Speaker 2: to do that, and we go right to where the
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  Speaker 2: scene is, the location, the hospital to make sure we
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  Speaker 2: can give the member the full support, our family support.
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  Speaker 2: I make sure our local manage member local one hundred
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  Speaker 2: members that informed or what's happening, to make sure they're
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  Speaker 2: in the crisis or they're in danger.
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  Speaker 3: We make sure we get involved.
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  Speaker 2: And then after we've finish you making sure we go
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  Speaker 2: I make sure there's more safety before the costs put
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  Speaker 2: into place.
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  Speaker 1: And one last thing is I think we're all talking
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  Speaker 1: about it from twenty years ago with the strike and whatnot.
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  Speaker 1: How is the health and TWU today As we're saying.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're always will be and we try not to
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  Speaker 2: be adversaries.
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  Speaker 3: But the new chairman General Levers.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes does not respect the union and respect them the
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  Speaker 2: workers for what they do and I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: compensate and understand that we need our dignity and respect
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  Speaker 2: and compensation as well as our life along jevity after retirement,
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  Speaker 2: and that's where we have an adversary relationship.
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  Speaker 3: He needs to understand where we are right now. So
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  Speaker 3: we have a bit of a turmoil start of relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Sure we're not fighting day and day out, but there
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  Speaker 2: is animosity there. But we do work very well with
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  Speaker 2: some of the managers and people in the field and
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  Speaker 2: the locally.
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  Speaker 3: We do get our work done and we sit at
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  Speaker 3: the table and come to a green. It's like we
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  Speaker 3: do with a.
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  Speaker 2: Contract reach where you do produce a good a good contract,
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  Speaker 2: a great contract, my members, great benefits, great secure and benefits,
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  Speaker 2: even our retireing benefits. I secure. There's so much messing.
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  Speaker 2: That's negative of greatime bevis. We secure to make sure
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  Speaker 2: our retires will prosper.
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  Speaker 3: Now and in the future forever. Through a simple statement
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  Speaker 3: in the.
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  Speaker 2: Contract, it says retirees health benefits will never be diminished
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  Speaker 2: and we will continue to uphold the retirees as well
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  Speaker 2: as as our active members.
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  Speaker 1: Love that and finally, the hell emblem held such a
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  Speaker 1: big part of it.
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  Speaker 2: T W. Obviously, yes, our Denta plan just negotiated when
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  Speaker 2: I met. Our benefits just rising and better and getting better,
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  Speaker 2: and we strive to be at number one and continue
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  Speaker 2: that with the Emblem Help partnership with the dental I
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  Speaker 2: am confident it's going to be a great plan for
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  Speaker 2: our members. It's going to be our members who were satisfied.
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  Speaker 2: I'm confident Emline Help will provide great service and A'm
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  Speaker 2: compident in our team, our team with me myself negotiating
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  Speaker 2: that contract, get in orders.
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  Speaker 3: Do and what our members deserve. Thank you so much, Okay,