In December 2005, 35,000 members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 went on strike for the first time in 25 years. The busiest mass transit system in the country, carrying some 8 million riders a day, was stopped in its tracks.

The strike was front page news across the country and around the world.

A battle this big shakes the entire society. There are at least 8 million strike stories, each with an image engraved in memory.
 
                   

These photographs were selected from among the 4000 images union members submitted after the strike. The following TWU Local 100 members contributed to an actual exhibit at the Bread and Roses SEIU/1199 Gallery on 43rd Street, and to this web exhibit: Dennis Boyd, Wayne Bryan, Ronald Carter, Phi Caruana, John Patafio, Nelson Rivera, Richie Rivera, John Simino.