Excuse me. Who wants the strike? Who went into the last negotiation and demanded a 5% raise over 2 years? Oh, that's right, it is a drop from their demand for a 6% raise over 2 years. I grant that 5% isn't a lot over 2 years, but that does not seem like a productive start to a meeting (unless you want the meeting to be short meeting). The union seems to be its own worst enemy in this strike.
The Transit strikers are also not receiving much support according to this article. http://www.startribune.com/stories/373/4684281.html "The Met Council is in the driver's seat. So far, there has not been an outpouring of negative public reaction and there is little pressure on the Met Council to settle the strike, said John Budd, professor of human resources and a labor-relations expert at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota." Tom Searles Waconia, Twp. -----Original Message----- From: WizardMarks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 25, 2004 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dyna Sluyter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "V.L. Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Bus strike...where are the gate keepers The governor wants a 2-month strike. That;s so that riders will turn to blaming the transit employees for the strike, letting Pawlenty and Bell off the hook. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
