heartslasher Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 It is so sad that people can't resolve things with conversation and willingness to see the big picture.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Wow loss estimates for just today are at $400 million. The estimate for this whole week is $1.6 billion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 That seems ridiculously high and wrong to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Looks like a settlement could be close... http://nytimes.com/2005/12/22/nyregion/22c...agewanted=print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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