Possible rail strike (Washington: appointed, bankrupt, wages)
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Christie is supposedly a good negotiator. Usually, normal governors/mayors really pressure all sides to come up with the agreement. Even if they are not directly part of the negotiations. I've heard that Mayor Bloomberg tried to lock in MTA and relevant NYC union in the room until they had an agreement.
Of course it is easier for the Governor to fly around the country to campaign for Trump. No messy negotiations...
If this strike happens and continues for a long time, that might mean real economic pain to NJ. There isn't enough room in NJ highways to accommodate all rail passengers in buses despite the best contingency planning: New Jersey Transit
Christie is supposedly a good negotiator. Usually, normal governors/mayors really pressure all sides to come up with the agreement. Even if they are not directly part of the negotiations. I've heard that Mayor Bloomberg tried to lock in MTA and relevant NYC union in the room until they had an agreement.
Of course it is easier for the Governor to fly around the country to campaign for Trump. No messy negotiations...
If this strike happens and continues for a long time, that might mean real economic pain to NJ. There isn't enough room in NJ highways to accommodate all rail passengers in buses despite the best contingency planning: New Jersey Transit
To be fair, The only MTA strike in the last 35 years happened under Bloomberg so I wouldn't put too much faith in his tactics, even though Patakie took a lot of heat for it.
yea, when you are asking for everything, it is hard to get a contract
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Originally Posted by Kracer
The article is more about CC and his run for president than about the strike. More than a little bias there...as expected.
The article and OP try to make CC's absence the cause of the why the stike isn't settled.
So both sides have been negotiating for months...went w/o a contract for 5 years.
"After months of tense negotiations, both sides are meeting again with federal officials in Washington on Friday to try to secure a deal."
Just another union holding the taxpayers hostage for more money that isn't there.
Went 5 years w/o a contract, let them go five more.
There we go, blame the union. How many here have gone without a raise in the last 5yrs?????
It's always easy to say, "Wages are too high." When you're talking about someone else, but don't cut my pay, or where's my wage.
Fares went up 9% last year, but it isn't going to wages.
The Transportation Fund is almost broke, which helps pay for road repairs and trains, CC refuses to raise the gas tax although gas is cheaper in NJ than the rest of the tri-state area.
Maybe it's more like NJ Transit is trying to hold the union members hostage, since a mediation board appointed by the President recommended an increase of 17% in wages over 6 1/2 years with the union members increasing the contributions to health care of up to 2.5%.
To be fair, The only MTA strike in the last 35 years happened under Bloomberg so I wouldn't put too much faith in his tactics, even though Patakie took a lot of heat for it.
Each time the TWU has struck against the MTA both New York City and State officials have made them *pay* hard and long.
The only mass transit who can strike in NYS is Metro-North RR because they are just that, a railroad cobbled together from the remains of several private railroads that went bankrupt; Penn-Central, New Haven, etc....
If the Federal so-called mediators weren't simply saying "give the unions what they want", maybe it wouldn't have come to this.
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