[yoe]

It is an illegal strike - the law has been broken - what on earth are the Governor and Mayor thinking! This strike is a heist from a union that should be disbanded and the powers that be aren't...........Does anyone run New York City other than the unions? Wait, I know the answer....................

[Erik Latranyi]

It is an illegal strike - the law has been broken .....

Absolutely! The courts have called the union leaders in for an 11am hearing where they might be jailed.

The courts have more cojones than Pataki!!!!

[Alberta's Child]

Firing individual workers is a bad idea. Having the entire union out on strike actually helps the MTA in one very important sense . . . it avoids the utter chaos that would result if, say, 10,0000 of the union's 30,000+ members decided to show up for work today. If bus mechanics and subway signal/communications workers show up for work but there is nobody to operate the equipment, then the MTA would find itself in a position where they had to pay 10,000 workers every day even though the transit system can't function.

Under those circumstances the "strike" would quickly become a "lock-out," and the MTA would become the bad guy instead of the union.

[School of Rational Thought]

"It is an illegal strike - the law has been broken - what on earth are the Governor and Mayor thinking! "

They are thinking they would like those union political contributions.