Most workers took a 20 percent cut on wages.

This was very bittersweet. I am glad. A no vote would have put us into a death spiral for the facility in Wellsville. While we don't have any guarantees, the company would not ask for this many concessions for nothing. I want to stay in the game for the future.

As a (union negotiation) committee, we worked to salvage what we could. We're glad we're still open.

Our work is only beginning. There will be a lot of conflicts. They have a contract with us, but there are some holes in it. It's bare bones, there has to be some areas to talk about and deal with.

I don't like this contract. It's a terrible contract. They attacked our wages, our insurance and they went after our pension, but we held on to that hard.

That is an insult to transit workers and an insult to every person in this city who depends on our bus and subway system.