Posted on 12/21/2005 12:44:55 PM PST by areafiftyone
NEW YORK (AP) Members of the striking Transport Workers Union's face the loss of two days pay for every day they are on strike. Aside from the loss of pay, the strikers have lost the backing of their union, The International Transport Workers Union. The international union is urging strikers to go back to work.
Bus driver Bill McRae who has worked in transit since 1985 says ``The union executives called for a strike, and we have to do what we have to do.''
Lawrence Reuter, President of the NYC Transit, told NY One News that about one thousand transit workers came to work yesterday. He said ``they are doing a little cleaning and a little paperwork'' in a safe location. He added ``we will pay them.''
The union also was bashed in the editorial pages of New York's four major newspapers. The Daily News, New York Times, New York Post and Newsday all criticized the union and it's president Roger Toussaint for taking his workers off the job.
One of the funniest scenes on film in the last 15 years.
He has no one to thank for being in that spot but himself.
Yes, it is but only a little. Having a dem win in NY is like being catholic bishop become Pope in the Vatican. It's such a lib area that even our republicans are pretty liberal. An acutal, honest to god Conservative would get laughed out of NY.
So it does not matter if that money goes to the dems or not. No matter who wins it is pretty bad.
I was thinking of the money going to National Campaigns. Good point though.
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