Official account, John Samuelsen, International President of the Transport Workers Union, Industrial Trade Unionist, NYC Subway Trackworker 26 +6 = 1 Saoirse 👍

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.@NYCMayor took the G train with @GovKathyHochul to campaign for her. Zohran should know that the very @transportworker NYC Transit Workers who delivered them to Greenpoint are under attack in contract negotiations by Hochul and her real estate mogul @MTA CEO, who are demanding massive healthcare concessions. Having to fulfill commitments and campaign alongside Hochul must be absolutely embarrassing to Zohran (on the inside). Hochul has scabbed the very picket lines that Zohran has walked in solidarity with workers. She’s scabbed the NYC Nurses strike. She’s scabbed the @LIRR workers’ and proactively tried to break their unions. Hochul’s overall trade union record is humiliating for @TheDemocrats . Right now, as Zohran keeps his promises to campaign with her , Hochul has a demand on the bargaining table to totally strip NY-NJ Port Authority workers of retiree medical benefits. These are all actions that Zohran would be completely opposed to . But business is business and commitments must be kept . Hochul is The Bosses Governor, not a governor for The Workers. @NYSAFLCIO @CentralLaborNYC @TWULocal100
.@NYCMayor & @GovKathyHochul took the “G” train to Nassau Avenue - Mamdani returning the favor to Hochul, after she campaigned for him back to back weekends last year. North Brooklyn is a hotspot of Mamdani voters per figures from last year’s mayoral.
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.@CMShaunAbreu did nothing substantive to address the scourge of injuries and deaths involving e-bikes/scooters including the June 2025 death of e-bike rider Salvador Nico Garcia in Central Park, until he gleefully joined @juliemenin in contriving a fake public safety emergency about carriage horses and was then called out on his gross hypocrisy. Despite dozens of fatalities in 2026 alone, and hundreds of pedestrian injuries, Abreu lied about the actual danger posed by carriages and bragged about fast-tracking the bill to end Central Park carriage rides. He is completely unfazed about destroying 68 small-business medallion owners and throwing 200 blue-collar workers onto the unemployment lines. I’m sure Shaun Abreu, that you’ll be a happy guy when the Westside horse stables are vacated? @nyc_evsa @CentralLaborNYC @TWULocal100 @transportworker
Today, @NYCCouncil is passing Romanch’s Law to finally end the horse carriage industry in our city. Thank you to everyone who fought for this, including my niece Jada, @SpeakerMenin, CM Marte, @nyclass, and @theanimalvoters.
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Wow, the world truly is upside down . Who would have guessed that in the year 2026 @realDonaldTrump is supporting blue collar immigrant carriage workers over powerful Manhattan Real Estate interests and nearly all the @TheDemocrats on the NYC Council , under the leadership of @JulieMenin , are supporting Manhattan Real Estate interests over blue collar immigrant @TWULocal100 carriage workers. Amazing . @NYCCouncil @CentralLaborNYC @transportworker
So sad to see the beloved Central Park Horse-drawn Carriage Industry ending after over a Century, based largely on one tragic accident. When there is a car accident in the area, of which there are many, they don’t stop cars from entering the Park. So why would they stop the Carriages? It was a Great Tradition. Another piece of History that’s gone. It will be missed! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TS: Oct 22 2026, 2:03 PM ET )​​​​​​​​‍‌​​‌​‌‍‌‍​‍‍‍‍​‍‌‍‍​‍​‍‌​‍‍‌‌‍‍​‌‍‍
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Who would have contemplated that Republican @JoannAriola32 would emerge as a champion of the carriage workers in opposition to this contrived sham of bill, and former @NYCCouncil Labor Committee Chair , Democrat @CnDelarosa would throw her support in with the Manhattan Real Estate Developers against @TWULocal100 and stab blue collar immigrant workers in the back . We’ve always stood with you , and when the going got tough you sided with monied interests against working families. @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO
Replying to @CnDelarosa
@cndelarosa cannot claim to stand with the workers and then proceed to vote against the workers . She can try to delude herself but in her heart she knows she caved in and screwed the carriage drivers . In the moment TWU Local 100 needed her most, she chose to betray us.
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Tech Supervisors at the NYC Ferry voted unanimously Thurs to join the Transport Workers Union of America, the culmination of a hugely successful first organizing wave at the property that also saw Ferry Captains along with Technicians and Welders join the TWU in the last 3 mos.
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Crosstabs from Siena’s poll show @GovKathyHochul only leading Blakeman 48%-44% in union households. Only 4 points, despite nearly every trade union in NYS “proudly” endorsing Kathy Hochul . And right in the face of prominent trade union leaders describing Hochul as a “ fierce fighter for working families .” This pattern of rubber stamping support and endorsements of candidates regardless of their record of support for workers has led to an absolute dilution of the influence of union leaderships’ endorsements among rank and file workers. Hochul is a quintessential example of trade union leader endorsements flying in the face of the reality which rank and file trade union members live in. In 2026, Hochul sided with the bosses and scabbed the NYC Nurses strike, she triggered and scabbed the LIRR workers strike, then led the effort the tarnish the workers elected union leadership and break the unions. Instead of being publicly challenged by NYS’ biggest trade unions , the leaders of those unions just lined up and endorsed her. Rank and file union members are not fooled by this. Such misplaced endorsements are not persuasive with rank and file workers and actually serve to weaken the integrity of organized labor. Until trade unions begin calling balls and strikes regarding politicians’ anti-trade union actions, their endorsements will never regain the trust of rank and workers as it relates to political assessments regarding candidates and elections . @transportworker @TWULocal100 @NYSAFLCIO @CentralLaborNYC
Siena poll | 9/11-9/17 LV New York Governor 2026 🟦Kathy Hochul 50% (incumbent) 🟥Bruce Blakeman 41% —— Generic congressional ballot 2026 (NY) 🟦Democratic 51% 🟥Republican 40% Link to poll: sri.siena.edu/2026/09/23/sie…
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John Samuelsen retweeted
I join my Congressional Colleagues and Irish America in urging the British Secretary of State to cancel the Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road, and ensure a peaceful resolution to the escalating situation. Allowing this parade to proceed has resulted in wounds being ripped open that are yet to be fully healed. The community’s response has been expectedly visceral and emotional. For 28 years the Good Friday Agreement has been a model of peace and prosperity for the world to celebrate. We cannot and must not go back. The decision to allow the parade to move forward must be rejected and reversed. abcnews.com/International/wi…
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A proud night for TWU Local 100. Secretary-Treasurer Carlos Bernabel was honored at the LCLAA Westchester Chapter’s Annual Gala for his decades of leadership, service, and commitment to the Hispanic community. Carlos spent 25 years as an Operator and Chair representing Liberty Lines bus workers in Yonkers before continuing his service in leadership at Local 100. “He’s legendary. He’s been with our union for more than two and a half decades, coming from humble beginnings,” said MTA Bus Vice Chair Jaime Ayuso, who introduced Carlos and presented him with a proclamation and citation recognizing his contributions and service. Westchester LCLAA President Maria Mercado also announced a special honor: September 19 will be recognized as Carlos Bernabel Day by the Westchester County Board of Legislators. Congratulations to Secretary-Treasurer Carlos Bernabel on this well-deserved recognition and to the Westchester Chapter of LCLAA on another successful gala.
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Public dollars should support public institutions. We stand with the educators in the AFT, NYSUT, UFT, and the students they serve in calling for New York State to OPT OUT of this voucher scheme.
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John Samuelsen retweeted
“The TWU strongly supports @NYCMayor and @JulieSuLabor creating an office to empower NYC workers to join a union, like @NYCferry workers who organizing right now with the TWU, and give a voice to workers when they are exploited by their bosses.” @TwuSamuelsen
Mamdani has established the Office of Worker Power, a first-in-the-nation initiative to connect workers with education, resources, and organizations to help them form a union or demand better working conditions on the job. prospect.org/?p=144128
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Spoken like the ant-worker Bosses’ Governor that @GovKathyHochul is. Shortly afterward she went on to SCAB the NYC Nurses strike and then trigger and SCAB an @LIRR workers strike . @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO
In an exclusive interview with Capital Tonight's Susan Arbetter, Gov. Kathy Hochul looked back at the correction officers strike and how her administration handled it.
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In 2026 Manhattan has suffered four deaths from collisions involving E-Bikes, with another 169 people injured and maimed . Where’s hypocritical Brad Holyman’s detailed report on this public safety scourge ? Oh wait , Brad didn’t see any way to exploit a tragedy or any moment for political opportunism by issuing reports on E-Bike fatalities. In fact as a NYC Councilman and now Manhattan Borough President @bradhoylman has been absolutely silent on these deaths and injuries . This is just more performative political expediency from another same old tired shite career politician who is all sanctimony and no substance as he attacks 150 immigrant families struggling to survive in the midst of an unprecedented affordability crisis in NYC . @CentralLaborNYC @transportworker @TWULocal100
Yesterday, I testified before the City Council in support of Romanch's Law. Today, I'm releasing my office's analysis of 44 years of data on New York City's horse carriage industry because decisions like these should be informed by evidence. Read the report: bpbhs.com/horses
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John Samuelsen retweeted
They move New York and they move around New York when @GovKathyHochul is here - @TWULocal100 protesting the governor before today’s event
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.@ShaunAbreu using his Goddaughter as an opportunistic prop in the Horse Carraige debate is beyond incredibly distasteful . Indeed , using a child as a political pawn is downright shameful . @NYCCouncil @CentralLaborNYC @transportworker @TWULocal100 @JulieMenin
My goddaughter, Jada, said it best: horses belong in fields, not on hot pavement. Central Park has seen too many tragedies. Let’s pass Romanch’s Law and give the horses and carriage drivers a future they deserve. Proud to stand with @nyclass on their efforts.
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.@GovKathyHochul has attacked NYS trade unions in unprecedented fashion. From scabbing the NYC Nurses’ strike , to triggering an @LIRR workers strike in effort to break their unions, Hochul has conducted herself in a manner which would make right wing anti-worker Red State governors envious . And sending the National Guard into NYS’ prisons ? If a Republican governor did that New York’s so called progressives would be up in arms . The success of the @nycDSA would be less so if @TheDemocrats and Trade Unions were critical of anti-worker politicians like Hochul. Instead of proper criticism, NY’s voters see blind rubber stamp endorsements, and it’s a damn shame. @CentralLaborNYC @NYSAFLCIO @transportworker @LIFEDofLABOR
The TWU -- currently in a contentious contract dispute with the MTA -- won't be endorsing Gov. Hochul for reelection. But its international president John Samuelsen is so anti-Hochul, he is urging the NYS AFL-CIO not to endorse her either cityandstateny.com/politics/…
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John Samuelsen retweeted
THIS STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN‼️‼️‼️ @MTA @NYCTBUS YOU ARE RISKING THE LIVES OF THE PASSENGERS AND YOUR EMPLOYEES BY FALSIFYING SAFETY LOGS‼️‼️ HEADS MUST ROLL ‼️‼️ @NY1 @ABC7NY @TWULocal100 @TwuSamuelsen @NYCMayor #SafeOperation
'Nobody worked these hours.' TWU accuses MTA of falsifying bus maintenance records 7ny.tv/Ry3QaN
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“If provoked, we will strike.” TWU bus workers in Akron, Ohio, are fed up with the lack of respect from Akron Metro CE0 Dawn Distler for refusing to recognize #Juneteenth as a holiday for the majority/Black transit workforce. And for denying workers a fair contract with raises. Yesterday, TWU Local 1 in Akron marched in the Juneteenth parade and let the community and @AkronOhioMayor know about Akron-Metro’s disdain for its own workforce. @TwuSamuelsen
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