December 20, 200520 yr It is so sad that people can't resolve things with conversation and willingness to see the big picture....
December 20, 200520 yr So I'm reading a little more about this. It seems the Taylor law was kind of forced through the state legislature in 1960 after a NYC Transit strike. Also the national wing of TWU is not happy with the local's actions. And the more I read about this, the more I think a full scale work stoppage may have been excessive. Instead maybe partial wildcatting might have been more effective. Monday - no private lines. Tuesday - no Subway. Weds - no buses. Thursday - no Metro North, etc.
December 20, 200520 yr Wow loss estimates for just today are at $400 million. The estimate for this whole week is $1.6 billion.
December 21, 200520 yr Some other random information on the TWU/MTA strike. MTA Executives gave themselves a 22% raise last year. TWU accepted a 3 year contract with no raise in 2002 to help alleviate MTA budget shortfalls. This year the MTA has been found to have kept two separate sets of books and hiding a surplus of approximately one billion dollars. The MTA also offered to sell rights to property it owns to build a new stadium for the Jets at one-third the market value.
December 22, 200520 yr Looks like a settlement could be close... http://nytimes.com/2005/12/22/nyregion/22c...agewanted=print
December 22, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 22, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) Looks like a settlement could be close... http://nytimes.com/2005/12/22/nyregion/22c...agewanted=print I hope so. Nobody really wins in a situation like this and the biggest losers are people who rely on transit to get to work and such.
December 22, 200520 yr QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 04:55 PM) Some other random information on the TWU/MTA strike. MTA Executives gave themselves a 22% raise last year. TWU accepted a 3 year contract with no raise in 2002 to help alleviate MTA budget shortfalls. This year the MTA has been found to have kept two separate sets of books and hiding a surplus of approximately one billion dollars. The MTA also offered to sell rights to property it owns to build a new stadium for the Jets at one-third the market value. The people of New York itself also support the strikers and blame management by a strong margin.
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