It's just another day of misery for most New Yorkers heading into the borough of Manhattan. But not for me!! Luckily, I had taken some time off from work this week and finals have been postponed til mid-January! I could not be a happier camper. (Not that I enjoy camping.)
Anyway, I support the TWU. I have family members who work for the MTA. The outcome of this strike does not only affect the transit workers. It affects all city workers (my dad works for the HPD). NY state intends new employees to pay 6 percent of their wages during their first 10 years, rather than the current 2 percent. "They are asking us to give up our unborn," Roger Toussaint (TWU president) said, referring to future union members. I'm glad they're thinking of the future.
I heard people other than the transit workers are also joining the picket lines. If they're still striking tomorrow, I might join their ranks. The funny thing is that the MTA spent so much money advertising their surplus and supposedly giving back to the people of NY during the holiday season and now, they're not even functional. In the end, what this means for me is an increased Metrocard fare.
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That picture was in the Boston Metro yesterday and it looked like the end of the world. They interviewed some New Yorkers on TV who were (oh no!) inconvenienced by the strike and they sounded selfish and uninformed. How dare these workers unite and stand up for themselves?!?! I have to walk 4 blocks now--it's just plain wrong!!
On the 2nd day of the strike they acted like it had been going on for a month.
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