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> There are three ways the bus strike can end:
> 1. The union could surrender.
1a. The union could come to grips with reality
and give ground on an issue that is killing off any
chance of wide spread support.
> 2. The business community could convince Pawlenty
> that the bus strike must end.
2a. They could also convince the union of the
same thing.
> 3. Angry people could resort to illegal,
> disruptive, and possibly violent actions. This is
> almost inevitable if the strike drags on. Everybody
> knows that this is true. I think bus riders and
radicals are more likely to resort to illegal actions
than union members.
Really? I don't know that this is true, and I don't
know anyone other than Ed that has even brought this
possibility up publicly.
If I had any input with the group of people that Ed is
referring to (not union members..oh no, never) I might
be tempted to advise them that news footage of people
(not union members..oh no, never) wilding in the
streets might not have the positive that these people
(not union members..oh no, never) think it will.
I happened to be at the Capitol during the "massive"
union pep rally at the Capitol last week. If those 200
or so participants were any indication of the level of
support the drivers union has among "other people",
only a "radical" would not realize that they are
fighting a lost cause. (For comparison's sake, there
were four times as many people up there the week
earlier supporting Indian gaming.)
The fact of the matter is that in addition to being
paid very competitively, the drivers and mechanics are
enjoying a benefit that is completely unheard of
anywhere out here in the real world.
TSwift
Cherokee Park
"Let the working families of Saint Paul spend the
money they earn as they wish"
----Dennis Hill
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