Re: NYC Transit Strike Midst Cold Weather and Christmas

There are many who would like to change the Taylor Law. There are many

> points to the law that protects the public employee. We cannot pick > or choose what laws we want to obey.

Roger Toussaint, President of TWU Local 100, responded to Mayor Bloomberg, who had made remarks essentially the same as those above.

He said, "There is a higher calling than the law and that's justice and equality. Had Rosa Parks answered the call of the law instead of the higher call of justice, many of us who are driving buses today would still be in the back of the bus."

In other words, there are times we MUST pick and choose what laws we will obey.

Gary Novosielski

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crises, maintain their neutrality." --Dante Alighieri

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