* Bob Spaulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040321 12:52]: > retired transit workers but the future of the transit system itself. Indeed,
Let's hold off on saying this is even part of the battle until voices outside of the ultra-transit-rejective in the House and the Taxpayers League aren't the only voices against all trasnit. There are very few legislators fully against transit solutions. Many of them use different terms (balanced transportation, for instance), but they dont advocate burning the busses in piles like we did street cars years ago. Lets not let the Taxpayers League co-opt the healthcare debate to their own interests -- government that only works for the well heeled. The strike is a great example of our healthcare system failing the working class, legislators need to note that it isn't limited to the public sector. The continued governmental failure in healthcare will cause failures in the form of strikes and working class unrest. This isn't the end by any means. I'm reluctant to ask the Union to take the effects of the strike into account. The dispute is a contract issue between the State and the Union, not the Union and the Riders. The union has agreed to binding arbritration and going back to work immediately under the old contract until its figured out through arbritration. What else do you want them to give up? Just sign whatever the State presents? -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KC0OBS http://www.ringworld.org/ -- http://www.railworks.org/ -- http://publictransportation.org/ -- Stop "playing political splat ball," support the Northstar Train! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
