The mayor of NYC should give them 24 hours to get back to work or to get fired, a la the air traffic controllers many years ago
David R
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> It looks like the union leaders will not be a place to receive even a lump of
> coal this Christmas:
>
> <> issues related to the strike, directed attorneys from the Transport Workers
> Union to bring president Roger Toussaint and other top officials before the
> court Thursday to answer to a criminal contempt charge. He said he may sentence
> the union leaders to jail for refusing to end the strike, calling such a
> scenario a "distinct possibility." >>
>
> It can get cold in the NYC prison system this time of year.
>
> Michael Burris wrote:
> AIRLINE:
>
> This strike might also mean a short-term spike in gas
> consumption. But, I don't think it will last to
> Christmas day.
>
> Mike Burris
> Cambridge, Mass
>
>
>
> --- Roger LaFrance wrote:
>
> > New York-Area Airports Little Affected By Transit
> > Strike
> > Tuesday December 20, 2:50 PM EST
> >
> > It was business as usual at New York City-area
> > airports Tuesday despite the inconvenience of a
> > transit strike. Airlines reported that business
> > and leisure travelers hadn't changed their travel
> > plans because of the strike. Local airline and
> > airport workers, who had made contingency travel
> > plans when a strike was threatened last week,
> > generally had no trouble getting to the airports.
> > More than 100,000 airport workers at New York's John
> > F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airport as
> > well as Newark Liberty International Airport in New
> > Jersey, successfully shared rides to get to their
> > jobs. But spokesman Marc Lavorgna of the Port
> > Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees
> > the airports, said one concern remains. "With so
> > many people driving, airport parking could be a
> > problem later in the week, when more passengers are
> > traveling" for the holidays, he said.
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> > Airline and travel Web sites have posted links
> > to the Port Authority Web site, which outlines
> > contingency plans available for travelers during the
> > subway and bus strike. JetBlue Airways Corp.
> > (JBLU) (JBLU), with headquarters in Queens, New
> > York, said its workers had no trouble getting to
> > their jobs Tuesday. As for JetBlue passengers
> > served at JFK, "if a customer misses a flight
> > because they have trouble getting to the airport, we
> > can get them on another flight," said spokesman Todd
> > Burke. So far, he said, the airline hasn't noticed
> > passengers changing their travel plans
> > either into or out of the city. United Airlines
> > (UALAQ), a unit of UAL Corp. (UALAQ) (UALAQ), flies
> > to all three New York-area airports. Employees
> > shared rides to get to work Tuesday, said spokesman
> > Jeff Green. They got to work on time, he said,
> > mainly because airline employees start work early,
> > well before the normal rush hour. At Continental
> > Airlines Inc. (CAL) (CAL), "the strike has been a
> > non-issue," said spokesman Martin DeLeon. There were
> > no strike-related flight delays or cancellations at
> > Continental's Newark hub Tuesday, he said. The
> > airline won't know until it analyzes ticket booking
> > trends at the end of the month whether any
> > passengers changed their travel plans to avoid the
> > strike. -By Ann Keeton, Dow Jones Newswires;
> > 312-750-4120; ann.keeton@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > Roger & Amanda La France
> >
>
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