The Daily Background
| NYC Transit Strike Update
Filed at 2:47 pm, Wednesday December 21st 2005
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
As we all know, the Transit Workers Union (TWU) of New York City have gone on strike after an extended period of failed negotiations with the city. It’s a pretty classic example of a union fighting for workers rights while city management and a crappy mayor try to screw them over. Blogger Steve Gillard and company have been posting some great entries on the ongoing strike along with analysis of ongoing media coverage:
An open letter to Mike Bloomberg
You can read more of Gillard and company’s writings at The News Blog
Update: There’s a good DailyKos diary which explains much of the situation very simply here.
