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Provided by the compucert On Thursday the 22nd of December Roger Toussaint, the president of the local TWU, called off the strike. New Yorkers were thrilled.
Well, most of them.
Friday morning I ascend the stairs of the bus and see the usual bus driver. As always he was pleasant with a big smile on his face as I wished him a good morning. He's a tall, thin, African-American man who never seems to be in a bad mood. In his usual pleasant demeanor he asked me, "So how'd you make out these last couple days," referring to the strike period.
"It was no big deal for me, " I responded, " we set up telecommuting at the office. I started bringing home work last week when things were starting to sound serious. Just worked at home. The question is, how did YOU make out?"
To this question I saw his face drop and his brow furrow ever so slightly. Looking and sounding very troubled he answered, "I don't know. Who knows what happened behind closed doors? One day he's saying we'll strike until we get what we demand. The next day he comes out of that meeting ordering us all back to work. Nothing was accomplished, and now we're all out six days pay. We're actually WORSE OFF now. I'd love to know what sort of deal went on in there."
All through the strike I have been very much against the actions of the TWU leader. He sent his union into a strike and left them holding the bag. He's clueless and an ineffective leader. He would've been better off continuing negotiations rather than playing up the strike card so fast.
Verily, no one won in this strike.
Well, most of them.
Friday morning I ascend the stairs of the bus and see the usual bus driver. As always he was pleasant with a big smile on his face as I wished him a good morning. He's a tall, thin, African-American man who never seems to be in a bad mood. In his usual pleasant demeanor he asked me, "So how'd you make out these last couple days," referring to the strike period.
"It was no big deal for me, " I responded, " we set up telecommuting at the office. I started bringing home work last week when things were starting to sound serious. Just worked at home. The question is, how did YOU make out?"
To this question I saw his face drop and his brow furrow ever so slightly. Looking and sounding very troubled he answered, "I don't know. Who knows what happened behind closed doors? One day he's saying we'll strike until we get what we demand. The next day he comes out of that meeting ordering us all back to work. Nothing was accomplished, and now we're all out six days pay. We're actually WORSE OFF now. I'd love to know what sort of deal went on in there."
All through the strike I have been very much against the actions of the TWU leader. He sent his union into a strike and left them holding the bag. He's clueless and an ineffective leader. He would've been better off continuing negotiations rather than playing up the strike card so fast.
Verily, no one won in this strike.
1 comments:
The Union president should be held legally responsible for the actions of MTA workers. No employees I spoke to wanted to strike, and were happy with the MTA's offer.
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