Re: Walking the Picket Line
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the TIMING for the MTA to do this is a very poor selfish decision.
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Why? Seems smart to me. This puts a lot of pressure on the gov't to give in. Why should they not do the smartest thing and use the most leverage available?
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There may be some confusion here. The MTA is the company. The union is the TWU.
The illegality of the strike aside, the timing makes it even more likely that the government will crack down. The union is facing a $1 million a day fine, the union leadership is facing jail time, the workers are facing a fine of 2 days pay for every day on strike, and the workers' families are facing a pretty grim Xmas.
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