Breaking News: Transit Workers Reject Contract Agreement
(New York - WABC, January 20, 2006) - The city's 33,000 union transit workers, one month to the day after they stranded 7 million riders with a crippling three-day strike, voted Friday to reject their new three-year contract.The news is just coming in to the Eyewitness Newsroom the TWU 100 union workers rejected the package offered during negotiations that ended the three day transit strike in December.
Of the 22,451 votes cast, Eyewitness News is told that there were 11,227 yes votes, and 11,234 no votes.
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11,227 yes votes, and 11,234 no votes.
Wow, that's close.
Who handled the ballot box?
"Of the 22,451 votes cast, Eyewitness News is told that there were 11,227 yes votes, and 11,234 no votes. "
Cool. Retain all the yes voters and fire the rest, then have the ones you kept train new employees to make up the difference. There it is.