NY strike

NY Strike over: Desertnews.com The fascinating saga of a strike that crippled New York is drawing to an end. It truly is a remarkable testament to the courage of workers and union leaders in the face of massive fines and a hostile, state employer. In my mind, there are several interesting points about this: - Workers in a First World country broke the law to strike - The transit union members truly bought the city to its knees, something every unionist dreams of - The workers apparently put their placards down and started work again the moment the strike was ended, illustrating the fascinating nature of people power - they shut the city down, now they are getting it back up, just like that... - The economic implications of the strike are massive, and at a time just before Christmas... And, as always, there were unhappy members: those who felt the strike should have gone on longer, and those who felt it should have been shorter (or not at all).