MTA Strike.................................

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Originally Posted by yourdaddy

I was a union member (I.A.T. S. E.) when S.A.G. (Screen Actors Guild) called a strike. You know what happened? All the production went to Canada. The SAG members had the best benefits, insurance, pay scale, etc., of any union in America. A couple of hot-head union leaders screwed up a good thing, and this country has NEVER recovered from that loss to the film industry. There is no democracy in a union. The rank and file have no vote.

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LMAO @ the scab pic. It Brings to mind a funny nickname my friends and I used to have for this guy. Here’s the story:

Growing up, my one friend used to have a father who was this strung out Vietnam vet type. Not surprisingly, his dick of a father died of a heroin overdose when my friend was in his mid-teens. Anyway, his none to virtuous mother hooked up with his father's best friend within like 5 weeks of the guy’s death. In less than two months the new guy was living in my friend’s house trying to be his new father. No one liked the guy at all, so we came up with a nickname befitting his unique status: Scab Dad.

-Quinn

why there was another thread started is beyond me
but anyway

YEAH you muhfuckas are striking, costing us money, costing you money, fuck yall
lol

and props to you TWU muhfuckas on NY1 with the Jay Z hat over the eyes look so no one knows who you are

Well chefmike, scabs sound pretty good right now, don't they?

im so over this fucking strike- and the mta workers.

i had to walk 34 blocks today and pay $20 for a cab ride and would cost 10 regularly.

thank you to the mta workers for fucking up the lives of all the people who depend on mass transit and all of those who are affected by the city's contingency plan. thank you for costing the city $400 million dollars just today-

merry fucking christmas

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Originally Posted by AllanahStarrNYC

thank you to the mta workers for fucking up the lives of all the people who depend on mass transit and all of those who are affected by the city's contingency plan. thank you for costing the city $400 million dollars just today-

merry fucking christmas

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and I would like to say that this is just making NY'ers stronger, people offering free rides to strangers from Shea Stadium????????????

unreal

LOL @ former Senator D'Amato saying on NY1 that the head of the TWU in NYC is not running it..............

Some of you people have no idea of what negotiating is all about. Without the threat of a strike the MTA will never negotiate in good faith, why should they? Its sickening how the media is making the union out to be the bad guys! What about the damn MTA? They want what they want and thats it! Well that isnt how it works.

I was wrong earlier I never thought they would strike, but im happy for them.

Agreed, you need the threat of strike for good negotiating. But when you are part of a municiple gov't, whether it by city, state or federal that power is limited. Thank to Pres Reagan.

Now what the MTA did with the surplus was wrong. But TWU will have little sympathy from most of the working class. There wages, benefits and pension plans are well better off than 90% of any other occupation. This is a fairly good gig for the majority of worker who have a HS Diploma at most.
I believe that could have gotten more accomplished by having a slow down, doing everything by the book.

One thing's for certain. Public sentiment has largely turned against the TWU. They’re getting trounced in the PR battle. People are really pissed.

-Quinn