union members who demanded his reinstatement. His case became the subject of loud protests outside Transit Authority offices in Brooklyn and Toussaint a poster child of employer abuse and alleged union collusion. Toussaint ran for president of TWU Local 100 in late 2000 at the head of a slate of rank and file activists called New Directions, against two slates supported by the established leadership at TWU Local 100. His New Directions slate garnered more votes than the other two slates combined and Roger Toussaint was elected president of TWU Local 100, a position be held from Jan 2001 until leaving Local 100 in Dec 2009. Toussaint declined to run for re-election at the end of 2009. See also 1966 New York City transit strike 1980 New York City transit strike 2005 New York City transit strike Trade unions References Speaker's bio - Columbia University, Revson Fellows dinner speaker, 2003–2004. Smeed, Jeremy, "Kalikow Warns Talks May Be "Futile", New York Sun, December 22, 2005. External links Transcript and audio of interview with Toussaint conducted by Democracy Now! a day before Toussaint went to jail. 1956 births American trade union leaders Living people People from Brooklyn Trinidad and Tobago trade unionists Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United States Activists from New York (state) Brooklyn College alumni