tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228209859252142987.post6354640459038404662..comments2023-04-30T08:20:58.574-04:00Comments on rocketradio: Strike ONEkatrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228209859252142987.post-2618472969237067282006-05-30T16:44:00.000-04:002006-05-30T16:44:00.000-04:00i feel for you. New York and Philadelphia have bo...i feel for you. New York and Philadelphia have both had transit strikes recently. While I typically support the rights of workers to strike, I question the inordinate leverage public transit workers have in their negotions.<br><br>1,000 people can keep a full city captive? yup.<br><br>Try the bike if you can pull it off safely, you just might enjoy yourself!steakbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816354452061208804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228209859252142987.post-63003641096986756942006-05-30T17:03:00.000-04:002006-05-30T17:03:00.000-04:00Agreed, SB - I also support the right of workers t...Agreed, SB - I also support the right of workers to strike, but in this particular case, the TTC transit union already negotiated and ratified a full contract in April 2006, which included a significant pay increase over the next 2 years, improved benefit packages, and increased security for drivers. <br><br>These demands were met by me and the rest of the commuters here - thru a 25 cent increase per ride that we now pay on every ticket. That's two-fitty a week baby, $130 a year. I only wish my employer in the private sector saw fit to increase my wage accordingly. I'd strike over it, but hey, I'm not allowed to strike, because like most people, i gotta like it or lump it.<br><br>The stike action they conducted yesterday was not legal. It was a job action in response to propsed changes to work schedule for maintenance workers (custodial staff). Management is trying to place on workers on night shift to improve overall service in the daytime and cut operating costs (the TTC is REALLY hurting for cash). 800 workers are affected by this decision, and I truly feel bad for them, but i don't think that fucking up the lives of over 1 million people to make an illegal and rather triavial point on behalf of 800 janitors is the way to go. I'm now living is one really angry city. Any support these workers had from the public is now pretty much null and void. <br><br>I'm going bike shopping this weekend. Thanks for the encouragement :-)katrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228209859252142987.post-79298173362389819182006-06-02T22:31:00.000-04:002006-06-02T22:31:00.000-04:00Out here in the boonies public transportation is n...Out here in the boonies public transportation is nearly nonexistent. Things are just too spread out to make it feasible, I guess, but the city does try. I see big huge giant diesel belching buses hogging up two lanes of traffic with TWO PEOPLE IN IT. I think smaller cities would be better off selling their "big city size" buses off and buying twice as many buses that are half as big. It'd give more people work (drivers) in an economically depressed community, and they could double the routes with the same amount of fuel. The reason most people don't take the bus around here is that the nearest bus stop is often farther away than where you need to go in the first place. <br><br>I'm rambling. Sorry. <br><br>I bet it did make you a bit nervous hitching a ride with some babufto stranger! I dunno if that makes you brave, or off-your-rocker nutzo insane.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434819898396611160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228209859252142987.post-15147301365452031162006-06-07T20:38:00.000-04:002006-06-07T20:38:00.000-04:00i'm probably the latter.i'm probably the latter.katrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.com