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John Samuelsen

John Samuelsen is an American labor leader and international president of the Transport Workers Union of America. He previously led TWU Local 100 in New York and began his transit career as a subway track worker. He became international president on May 1, 2017. He joined the New York City Transit Authority in 1993 and was elected president of Local 100 in December 2009.

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DI has documented statements by John Samuelsen on Labor Policy and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by John Samuelsen

John Samuelsen

Role at the time: International president of the Transport Workers Union of America

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Statement summary

Samuelsen says the bill gives no compensation guarantee to people who invested their life savings in horses and medallions.

“There’s nothing concrete written into the bill. There’s no guarantee of compensation for individuals, business owners, that invested their life savings into horses and medallions.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)John Samuelsen discusses opposition to NYC horse-carriage billAnswers about worker compensation and the respective roles of Menin and Mamdani
Why we used this label

The issue is the proposed NYC horse-carriage phaseout and adequacy of its worker-transition protections. His criticism directly targets the proposed phaseout framework; praise for the mayor's intentions does not amount to support for the bill.

Read statementMamdani and Menin back NYC horse-carriage phaseout; Samuelsen disputes worker protections

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