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can someone who knows a little about labor disputes explain why LIRR unions are not subject to the Taylor Law (which prohibits public employees from going on strike)?
can someone who knows a little about labor disputes explain why LIRR unions are not subject to the Taylor Law (which prohibits public employees from going on strike)?
They are covered by federal law for railroads, which normally forbids striking. However when an impasse has been declared, and after a certain waiting period, they can legally go on strike. There are a bunch of steps they have to go thru, which includes mandated federal mediation (which was done, and the mediator came back with a deal, which the unions accepted but the MTA rejected because they want the unions to accept 0% raises).
Since that mediation ended, the MTA has refused to negotiate with the unions, by refusing to set up sessions to negotiate.
It's a festival of incompetence, with lazy incompetent union workers who could care less and politically favored, incompetent management who have no experience running a railroad.
Go on freakin' strike. I'll make other arrangements, like working out of another office. It'll end up saving me on the already ridiculously high fares.
One day the system will be deemed ineffective and that will be the only way it can rebuilt, from the ground up.
Doubtful this will happen without Federal Intervention.
Long Term Strike is one of the things that could allow this to happen.
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