For everyone's information -- a "motorman" for NYC MTA starts at better than DOUBLE the starting salary for an NYPD cadet. So this is not about New York beating up on the working class, this is a true imbalance in the compensation of public servants. Or at least many of us seem to think so.
Sadly, the Mayor does not have the authority and the Governor is not inclined to jump ahead of the courts.
This "breakaway local" union (the "local" Union has defied an order from it's parent "Int'l" Union) seems to have enraged the city through it's poor public relations, rather than garnering support.
Our cops are poorly paid and respect the fact that they have no right to strike. It's part of their choice of career: you need to eat, but you don't SUSPEND PUBLIC SAFETY under any circumstances. That's the opposite reason of why you joined up.
I say let these transit folk take a look at the plight of airline mechanics -- a group directly involved in public safety who have seen pensions evaporate, salaries tumble, and their younger coworkers relegated to B-scale.
David MR <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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