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Dec 22, 2005 @ 14:36:40

#16

kyahbean

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They should pay everyone's wages that can't work because of their strike.

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 14:38:13

#17

reiko

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24/F/New York, New York
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kyahbean said:
Wow. I can't believe it.

30,000 people actually come together on something, and it happens to be probably one of the worst things they could be joining on. Stopping public transportation? The week before Christmas? How rotton can they be?? 1 million dollars is not enough. To hold a whole city hostage like that?? People are missing work, losing wages, missing school, it's not right.

I agree!!

We having a family reuion and we can't go anywhere because of this crap!

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 14:42:55

#18

kyahbean

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reiko said:
I agree!!

We having a family reuion and we can't go anywhere because of this crap!

That's bulls**t. Will you get to see your family and have the reunion, or will you have to call it off?

I was reading some of those emails as well, from the city people..old men walking in bitter cold, kids missing school? Crap. Pure crap.

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 14:45:35

#19

reiko

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We are having the reuion. A bunch of family still coming in tomorrow!

Yes many people are walking because of this strike. The school I work for canceled classes for today and tomorrow. It's a big mess here. You can't drive below 96th stree unless you have 4 people in your car. Traffic is crazy.

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 15:27:09

#20

kyahbean

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I think I would kill people in all that traffic. It must take hours to get anywahere.....

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 17:34:07

#21

cake

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22/M/Atlanta, Georgia
Join Date: Dec 2005

they are thinking about calling it quits right about now

i think the pension plan sucks (6% WOW!!) but they also get salary increase

i wish i could make $14,000,000 a day...jeesh i had no idea they had 7 million passengers a day at $2.00 a piece..wow

well, if they don't stop striking (ROFL!) they are going to jail but if they do keep striking they will be making a stand and other corporations will take heed

frankly i think its foolish

the Union doesn't even profit from it...

cost per strike day to the TWU (or whatever it is) $300-400million dollars!!

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Dec 22, 2005 @ 18:33:55

#22

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