Vote cripples union president

Vote cripples union president
By LARRY McSHANE
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Just last month, many of the city's 33,000 transit workers hailed union president Roger Toussaint for his bold leadership in calling for a three-day strike.

On Saturday, Toussaint was nobody's hero after his rank and file turned on him by rejecting a new contract.

"This was basically a vote of no confidence for Roger Toussaint," said David Gregory, a professor of labor law at St. John's University in Queens.

"It undermines his credibility back at the bargaining table."

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