Welcome to the website of C.W.A. local 1182 representing New York City Uniform Traffic Enforcement Agents. This website was created in an effort to better serve our members and to inform the public about the necessary services that we perform for the citizens of this great city. To our members we say, we hope this will allow us to serve you better. In that effort, we want you to tell us what you think and offer suggestions on how we can better represent you.
Local 1182 is here to serve and we do that in a variance of ways. First and foremost, we are advisers to the membership. And in keeping with that, we interpret the contract for the members. We pride ourselves in being the best day to day representing local in the city
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The Executive Board
President Syed A. Rahim, became a traffic-enforcement agent in 2005. Born in Pabna, Bangladesh, he gained his first experiences organizing in student unions at Rajshahi University, where he received a…
Executive Vice-President Sokunbi Olufemi, 57, has lived in Staten Island for the last 20 years, but he’s originally from Nigeria, where he taught high school. The father of three became…
Secretary & Treasurer Mohammad Shahjahan, 46, emigrated from Bangladesh to New York City 12 years ago, and soon afterwards, in 2007, joined the ranks of traffic enforcement. The father of…
Traffic Vice-President Tammy Meadows is a community-minded Brooklynite who is dedicating herself to “rebuilding the faith of the membership and bringing everyone together.” The president of her Prospect Heights block…
Traffic Chief Delegate Michael E. Jackson, 62, used to be a banker, but switched careers after the financial meltdown of 2008. He’s pastor at the Antioch Church of Our Lord…
Shadat Hossain, 34, was elected Brooklyn delegate in December. A traffic enforcement agent in Brooklyn North, he immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh as a teenager and has been…
Azizur Rhaman, 33, an at-large delegate from Manhattan, says he wants to “change the perspective” toward traffic enforcement agents, to get the public to see them as hard-working individuals out…
Bronx delegate Willie Mitchell, 32, is in his third year as a traffic enforcement agent. While the contract is “overshadowing everything,” he says, unfair disciplinary procedures and added duties are…
Islam Syed, 44, an at-large delegate from Manhattan, has been a traffic enforcement agent for eight years, since just after he moved to New York from Bangladesh. His main focus…