By Doug Cunningham

Roger Toussaint, President of New York City’s Transit Workers' Union, will spend ten days in jail. Toussaint was sentenced to jail Monday for contempt of court during last December’s transit strike in NYC. The union leader was also fined $1000.

Toussaint says the jail sentence is “regrettable”. The charges came from Toussaint’s refusal to order members of TWU Local 100 back to work after they went on strike. Their strike was illegal under New York state law.

Toussaint was ordered to start his jail sentence within 30 days. No appeal is expected.