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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Jul 21 06:18:14 2019, in response to Re: Why are MTA workers not striking due to tonight's conductor assault?, posted by Bklynsubwaybob on Sun Jul 21 05:30:19 2019. That's because the TA has an unfair advantage afforded it by the Taylor Law. Think about it. If the TWU membership goes on strike--a right granted to all kinds of other non-municipal unionized workers--they pay through the nose in penalties. The TA can sit back, wait for the pain to become unbearable, and dictate terms when the TWU is forced to cry "Uncle".That happened in 2005, as well. The TWU ended up with essentially the same terms the MTA offered at the outset. Toussaint went to jail and got called a thug for his trouble, and I actually think Toussaint was right. He was hamstrung by the Taylor Law from the beginning, though. |
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