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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

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

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Opinion

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

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

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

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Economy & Development

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

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Brooklyn

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

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Brooklyn

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

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City Government

Falling Asleep On Train Wakes Up Crimes Of Opportunity

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Brooklyn

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

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Donohue’s Quill: An American Dream in Jeopardy

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Economy & Development

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

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City Government

TWU Local 100 Op-Ed: Pedestrian Menance

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City Government

TWU Local 100 Op-Ed: Assaults No Laughing Matter

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