Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The Strike is Still On


Listen up, my people. The Transit Workers Union is striking and no one can get around because public transportation is not working. Hey, I had to car pool with 3 other people to get to work this morning. I had to wake up way too early to leave for work. I contemplated staying at the hospital overnight because I was unsure of the next day's transportation plans. The city is losing billions in revenue. The Union is getting fined ONE MILLION DOLLARS a day for this strike and each worker is getting fined 2 days pay for each day of striking, because it's basically against the law for a public service union to go on strike.
So what, you say?
The problem is that the Union is a bunch of GREEDY MOTHERF*KERS.
This guy:

Roger Toussaint, the so-called representative of the worker's union gave the signal to strike at 3am this morning. Leaving alot of sleeping New Yorkers a nice surprise in the morning. He's an A55.
The local 100, called the strike, even though the The International TWU, the union's parent, had urged the local not to go on strike.
The union doesn't think the MTA is giving them a "fair deal" in contract negotiations. I say, WHAT MORE DOES THE TRANSIT UNION WANT?!?
They want more money (I think they get enough for the intelligence it takes to PUSH A FRICKIN' BUTTON and mumble "Watch the closing doors."). They don't want to pay for their healthcare (Hey, everybody else does, what makes you different?). They want a lower retirement age (WTF? You go through life not having to pay ONE FRICKIN' DIME TO RIDE THE SUBWAYS AND BUSES, save all those 2 dollars and make a nest egg).
Whatever.
They basically turned their back on the people of New York, 5 days before Christmas.
MERRY F*CKING XMAS, NYC!
Over 7 million people are thrust into a situation of inconvenience and sometimes, danger.
Commuters wishing to enter the city, need at least 4 people in their car. And some sites are set up for strangers to pick up other strangers to fulfill this quota, just to get to the city. Picking up strangers?
I suspect days from now, more stories will emerge. Not just of difficult commutes, but of assault on drivers. People getting picked up and dropped where they did not want to, robbed, mugged, raped; or of drivers getting assaulted.
Hopefully, New Yorkers can band together and things like this won't happen.
But you know that there's some wackos out there.
Listen up, TWU. STFU! and get back to work, YOU GREEDY SONSOFB*TCHES!!!
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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well Said!

12/22/2005 5:24 PM  

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