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12/19/2002 11:25:00 AM | Jared Alessandroni Transit Strike Bloomberg's office sought an injunction against the strike on the grounds of the Taylor law, and then the Union fought it, hoping it wouldn't apply. Should Bloomberg have "tossed it aside"? No, it's not a salad. He actively faught it and then pushed it back, knowing that people would be more likely to oppose the strike and the workers, no matter how right they were, if it interfered with their Christmas shopping. Should public workers circumvent the law? No. If a law is not just, should be blindly support it? That's a precedent that's far more dangerous, and lately, it seems to have taken a firm hold on our country. Transit workers (in an article you have to BUY now, as it was in September on NYTimes.com) had made less than 1.4% gains in their wages over the last five years. That's not just below, it's far below. Here is what they got in this round, which is still not going to take them back up. What's more important here, though, is the somewhat scary - to me - idea that these people should suffer because of the failed management of the state. Because Rudolph Giuliani couldn't handle the idea of a rainy day fund, and because his chosen one can't stop giving major businesses tax breaks, these people should suffer? Of course not. Even if it was JUST because of Sept. 11th, even if it wasn't at all the city's fault, even if God herself struck down the city's treasury, why should THEY suffer? Are they less important? Are they really holding the mayor hostage, that poor billionaire, by not doing what they're not paid to do? No. He's holding them, and it's not fair. perma link |
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