The transit strike to be over. Period. End of story. And since I KNOW you know where to get info on this, I'm not even going to include a link. I have to say, I never thought a commute from NJ would be shorter than a commute from Brookly. But I was proved wrong yesterday morning. It took over two hours to get in yesterday so i said screw it, I'm going to my parents' place.
Trad unions are something I am for. I think it is wrong to exploit workers and someone needs to be around to make sure that doesn't happen. I am not, however, for what this particular trade union is up to...especially since they don't have to support of their parent union. Oy. This is such a mess and it is bad for the city. At the height of holiday season (yes, holiday...see previous post if you have a problem), it just is ridiculous to not be able to ride the buses and subways.
Also, one of the issues the union and MTA are fighting ove is health benefits and the rising costs of such. They don't seem to realize that this is an issue for Washington because if we had universal healthcare (what kind of world is it when Canada is more progressive than the US???, ;o)), this would be a non-issue. ANYWAY, I will put the soapbox away for now and leave the stumping to Matt Santos.
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