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At a rally last week, TWU officials held a banner reading “Will strike, if provoked”—in fact, TWU Local 100 legally repudiated workers’ right to strike in 2008. TWU International President John Samuelsen denounces Hochul as the “bosses’ governor,” and a “straight-up enemy of the TWU and a disaster for blue-collar New York.” But, as the WSWS showed in an April 29 article, the TWU had actually “enthusiastically endorsed” Hochul for governor in 2022.

Samuelsen wrote a response denouncing the article: “The article by Daniel de Vries has a significant factual error (perhaps more then one), but objectively, it is incorrectly stated that the TWU endorsed Hochul for Governor. This is factually, provably incorrect. We have not endorsed her for Governor, ever, let alone ‘enthusiasticly [sic]’ done so.”

But it is Samuelsen’s rebuttal that is “factually, provably incorrect.”

On April 11, 2022, TWU Local 100 posted a statement: “Union Endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor of New York State.” Then-president of the Local, Tony Utano, gushed: “She has met every challenge and has done an incredible job. She has brought dignity back to the office of governor.” He continued: “Her actions are enormous steps in the right direction for transit workers and transit riders. She’s accessible. She gets things done. She’s exactly what our state needs today and for the next four years. So without further ado, I am thrilled to announce that TWU Local 100 wholeheartedly endorses Kathy Hochul for governor of New York State.”

Following Hochul’s election victory, Local 100 made a celebratory post on its website and posted photos of officials attending the governor’s victory party.