He’d Be A Martyr At This Point If Only Anyone Actually Cared

TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint was sentenced to ten days in jail and fined $1,000 for his part in calling a strike last December:

Eileen Long — mother of Firefighter Matthew Long, who was struck and severely injured by a private charter bus while bicycling to work because of the strike — said she wished the punishment was harsher. “I don’t think 10 days is enough,” she said. “My son has been in the hospital for more than 100 days.”

But Assemblyman Roger Green (D-Brooklyn) said the jail sentence will boost Toussaint’s status as “rock star” among some working people.