Transit Strike Ending

[sdelmonte]

Or so the media is saying. The union and the MTA have agreed on something, which needs to be rubber-stamped by the union's exectuve council. Odds are the rush hour today will still suck, and that tomorrow's commute could be a mess (albeit it a mess on the subways instead of on the LIRR). And last minute Christmas shoppers will be able to get to the stores.

Which all begs the question of why the two sides couldn't just keep talking instead of costing the city millions of dollars in NYPD overtime, tax revenue unearned by businesses, and money lost to LIRR and taxi fares that could have been used elsewhere. Shame on both sides for not doing this right.

EDIT; The Museum's COO just announced that they are serving lunch today to mark the end of strike, and that everyone who came in during the strike gets three extra vacation days. Nice.

Comments

[buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com]

I like that the union had the nerve to ask commuters to be patient with them.

[sdelmonte]

They are used to asking us to be patient, from all the times trains get stuck in the tunnels for a long while. I think they really believe that we are being patient on such occasions.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Hooray for extra vacation days! You can use them to attend conventions.