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About the Author

Pete Donohue

Pete Donohue is the director of Press and Media Relations for Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents 42,000 bus and subway workers. He joined the union last spring after working nearly 22 years as a reporter and columnist with the New York Daily News where he covered the courts, politics, general news and the transit beat. He has appeared on numerous television and radio stations, including WNYC National Public Radio, CNN, NBC and NY1. For more of Pete’s columns or to get info on TWU Local 100 visit http://www.twulocal100.org/

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Opinion

Transit Workers Face Dangers On Job & Entanglements In Courtroom

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TWU Local 101 Mourns the Passing of President Michael Conigliaro

By Pete Donohue
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Op-Ed: Transit Workers put Lives On Line, Deserve Raises

By Pete Donohue
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Opinion

Op-Ed: TWU Local 100 Goes To Philly For Hillary

By Pete Donohue
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TWU Plan: Make Subway Cars Here, Bring Back Blue Collar Jobs

By Pete Donohue
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Op-Ed: Justice Served On Vicious Attack Of Bus Operator

By Pete Donohue
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Economy & Development

Sponsored Op-Ed: Subway Cleaners Need Equal Protection From Assault

By Pete Donohue
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Brooklyn

TWU Op-Ed: Aim Bus Cameras To Protect Not Spy On Operators

By Pete Donohue
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Brooklyn

TWU Local 100 Op-Ed: Paying Dues Keeps Away Working Man’s Blues

By Pete Donohue
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City Government

Falling Asleep On Train Wakes Up Crimes Of Opportunity

By Pete Donohue
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Brooklyn

Donohue’s Quill: Transit Workers Face Dangers, Deserve Same Deal As Cops, Firefighters

By Pete Donohue
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Community Close-Up

Donohue’s Quill: An American Dream in Jeopardy

By Pete Donohue
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Economy & Development

Op-Ed: TWU Local 100: A Busted Union Leaves Workers Floundering

By Pete Donohue
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City Government

TWU Local 100 Op-Ed: Pedestrian Menance

By Pete Donohue
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City Government

TWU Local 100 Op-Ed: Assaults No Laughing Matter

By Pete Donohue

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