Reply #22: This strike is WRONG!! [View All]

There's a common sense reason behind the Taylor law. The impact of a strike by public sector workers is huge. I am a 23 year union member but I cannot strike (NYPD).

These workers have only been without a contract since Friday. I've been without a contract since February 2004. When my contract is finally settled I will get a nice retroactive payment. There was no immediate need to strike. Especially during the Holidays. It took me 3 hours to get home today.

The MTA gave in to most of the unions demands on Monday night, specifically no retirement at 62 years, it stayed at 55 years.

There are a dozen other actions the union could have taken such as a sick out, or slow down, or "go by the book" slow down.

Just because this union didn't get what it wanted they screwed every New Yorker. The elderly, school kids, everybody is effected.

Sorry TWU I'm not with you on this one.