Mediators Reportedly Set Framework for Settlement (TRANSIT STRIKE MAY BE OVER!)

NY Times ^ | 12/22/05

[aft_lizard]

Here should be the settlement, "get back to work and we may not fire you".

[AbeKrieger]

If the pension demands are significantly scaled back, it is a win for the union thugs and the chief thug Toussaint. The MTA needs to hold the line on this. Period.

He should not be allowed to save face, he should be forced to step down for authorizing an illegal strike.

[SoFloFreeper]

GIT BACK TO WORK OR YOU'RE FIRED. AND BY THE WAY, YOU'LL BE GETTIN' A PAY CUT.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

They should have taken a page from Ronald Regan and fired their asses.

[hadrian]

Transit Union Take Steps to Go Back to Work

By DAVID B. CARUSO

Associated Press Writer

Dec 22 11:10 AM US/Eastern

NEW YORK - Transit workers will take steps to restore service to New York's buses and subways while the union and transit authority resume negotiaitons after a three-day strike, a state mediator announced Thursday morning.

No timetable was announced for the restoration of service.

[SoFloFreeper]

lol! JUST what I posted before I saw your post!

GO BACK TO WORK RIGHT NOW, AND IF YOU GUYS DO A VERY VERY GOOD JOB, YOUR CHANCES OF BEING FIRED GO DOWN TO 95%!

[joe fonebone]

Just another reason to never visit new york........

[SoFloFreeper]

No timetable was announced for the restoration of service.

NO TIMETABLE?? WE WANT THOSE SUBWAYS OPEN NOW!!

[July 4th]

I like the solution seen on Letterman. All subway trains are now "U-Drive-Em".

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Too late to save the small business owners in the city, the season is lost! A very sad and irresponsible move by the Union Thugs! Put them in jail! They could have waited till after the Holidays to strike.

[minus_273]

what is the liklihood that the $2 million fine will be imposed now. so much for the rule of law.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Darius McCollum.

There was a guy who didn't even need an invitation!

:_)

[rollo tomasi]

"...it is a win for the union thugs and the chief thug Toussaint."

Thus giving the OK to strike again without worry.

Heck, Toussaint understands the weakness of collectivist, even with Republicans attached to their names.

[areafiftyone]

Just another reason to never visit new york........

That's Bull! Philadelphia just had one too. You wouldn't go there either? What's that got to do with visiting here? This city is a dynamite place to visit. Now Living here is a whole other story! LOL

[14erClimb]

During times like these I'm glad I live in the suburban sprawl and drive a gas-guzzling SUV.

[Hank Rearden]

GIT BACK TO WORK OR YOU'RE FIRED. AND BY THE WAY, YOU'LL BE GETTIN' A PAY CUT.

No Republican since Reagan has had the guts to do that, especially not Pataki. Taxpayers get screwed again; lazy union thugs get their fat retirements in Miami, where they can pester and demand things from different people until they die.

People who depend on unions for sustenance or transportation are fools, period.

[ladyjane]

Some of us get mild pleasure out of watching the union-loving liberals of NY suffer. We don't like seeing you conservative New Yorkers suffer though.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Besides, the (successful) SEPTA strike was an encouragement-if not precisely the template-for this stunt.

I actually liked the last visit I made to my mother's aunt in Philadelphia.

It would have been perfect...if we hand't been forced to make a detour through Camden.

[TChris]

Predictions:

1. No punishment for illegal strike -- fines will be eliminated.
2. Union gets most of its demands, which was likely its intention from the start. (Ask for more than you want; frequently you'll get more than you'd hoped for.)
3. Another hijacking by a union pays off, guaranteeing it will be repeated in the future.