With no new agreement in place and a 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday strike deadline set by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), another 33,000 transit workers could join the picket lines in less than 24 hours, knocking out all New York City transit lines.
The Web site for TWU Local 100 announced the strike that will impact some 50,000 commuters in Queens and pull more than 700 workers off the job: "Strike Alert: NO BUSES MONDAY: Jamaica Bus and Triboro Coach on Strike."
Limited transit strike under way
Workers at a pair of private New York bus lines went on strike early Monday — the first steps in what could be the shutdown of the nation’s largest public transportation system.
With no new agreement in place and a 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday strike deadline set by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), another 33,000 transit workers could join the picket lines in less than 24 hours, knocking out all New York City transit lines.
The Web site for TWU Local 100 announced the strike that will impact some 50,000 commuters in Queens and pull more than 700 workers off the job: “Strike Alert: NO BUSES MONDAY: Jamaica Bus and Triboro Coach on Strike.”
“We are proud to serve you every day,” the announcement went on to say. “The last thing we want is to inconvenience you and your family at holiday time. We urge you make other arrangements for Monday and be aware that all buses and trains may be shut down on Tuesday.”
The limited strike came after Sunday bargaining sessions that produced little or no progress in the deadlocked labor talks.
“Today was not fruitful and we are concerned about tomorrow,” Metropolitan Transit Authority chief negotiator Gary Dellaverson said late Sunday.
Key issues are remaining on the table such as health benefits, pensions and wages.
A full-fledged transit strike, if it happens early Tuesday, would come during the last week of the Christmas shopping season and would sock the New York region’s economy heavily reliant on buses and subways. The union and the transit authority have been working to avoid that scenario.
Negotiations for new contracts for bus and subway workers reached an impasse early Friday after all-night bargaining past a midnight strike deadline.
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There are laws and stipulations in place for workers, unions, and federal agencies to use in coming to agreements in situations like these. These include bargaining, court orders, and binding arbitration, they DO NOT include the privilege to strike!! The law clearly states that as federal employees, whose work is necessary to the public they are banned from striking and doing so is an ILLEGAL action, unsanctioned by any negotiatory blockage or other reason. The public as a whole doesn’t need to suffer so that some union workers get a better pay.
Not to mention that among previous strikes the results f the strike were rarely satisfactory to the individual being FORCED by the union to strike. When workers in the 1980 strike were interviewed, most of them (approx. 80%) said that looking back it wasn’t worth it. They were each fined two days wages, plus loss of wages for each day that they struck. Accumulating huge fines, loss of wages, etc… All for a wage increase of 1%! for some people the amount of money gained didn’t cover what they lost during the strike!
If they do however strike I believe the mayor should take full legal action against them, showing that the city, government will not be bullied into anything, be it by terrorist or illegal unions. If the employees see that an illegal strike will cause fines, arrests, jail time, being fired, loss of pension, etc.. they will quickly change their minds, and won’t want to do it again in the near future! Not to mention that illegal acts such as these cannot be condoned, and should not be allowed to produce desirable fruit for the felons!
It is ILLEGAL to strike http://www.perb.state.ny.us…
chaim
does anybody drive to the upper west side or midtown by car that has place for me to get to work I have to get to work by 11am (upper west side) .I get paid only if I work no work no parnassa strike or no strike. I would walk from midtown if I have to.
ANYBODY THERE ABLE TO HELP ME
to chaim:
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