STRIKE!!, mta |
 Dec 20 2005, 12:53 PM
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 sacred beauty--  Group: Member Posts: 152 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 131,432  |
Today was the official start of the strike for MTA in New York.. So there are no buses, no trains.. Nada.. The transit workers have been tryin to negotiate with the MTA for improvements in healthcare, pensions and so on..This negotiation has been goin on for like 2 weeks and no agreement was made
 So now normal passengers have to carpool or walk to work, school and so forth. Mind you, it's like 30 degrees outside..  It's crazy..People are walking from manhattan to brooklyn (across bridges).. Taxis and Car Service are almost impossible to get.. Why is it so hard to reach an agreement? It's costing New York, businesses losts of money.. And the MTA is not offering anything different for the transit workers...
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Dec 21 2005, 08:16 PM
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i got a 2hour delay from school..o.-
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Dec 21 2005, 08:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
Yeah, I'm just glad I don't live in New York right now.
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Dec 21 2005, 08:34 PM
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Buisnesses are not losing money on this. Only the city. Buisnesses are actually gaining money. You yourself said that car services are impossible to get because they are in such high demand. Therefore, they have plenty of buisness.
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Dec 21 2005, 09:28 PM
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mood: content Group: Member Posts: 2,063 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,325 |
QUOTE(BrandonSaunders @ Dec 21 2005, 7:25 PM) I'm not made of money.  lol imagine someone was made of money that would be so awesome like, a person made of dollar bills and they could move and breathe and stuff i've been getting/leaving school by car and the trips are like 2 hours. i'm lucky i don't have to walk the bridge though. |
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Dec 21 2005, 10:18 PM
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QUOTE(Asheia_Productions @ Dec 21 2005, 8:34 PM) Buisnesses are not losing money on this. Only the city. Buisnesses are actually gaining money. You yourself said that car services are impossible to get because they are in such high demand. Therefore, they have plenty of buisness. Businesses are certainly losing money. If people can't get around easily, they're not going to shop, or go out to dinner. Furthermore, because it costs more to travel now (since people must, for example, take taxis), they are not spending as much money on goods and other services, such as at restaurants. |
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Dec 21 2005, 10:35 PM
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 白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
wth is that union trying to do? Show they are important? no shat they're important, but it doesn't seem the city is on catastrophe mode. I'm sure lots of commuters and residents are pissed, but riots are not starting.
All that union is gonna get is a lotta angry faces when they start working again. |
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Dec 22 2005, 04:30 AM
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 Ich bin der Käse!! Group: Member Posts: 249 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,851 |
Oh! My friend told me about that. She's a little stuck since she has finals this week. Poor thing.
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