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This is a pretty eerie picture. Madison Avenue w/o any cars. It was closed yesterday, along with 5th ave, for emergency vehicles.
According to the Transit Union Head, at this point the main "sticking point" are the pension issues. Just to recap:
I'm sorry, but I can't have any sympathy for the strikers. Retire at 55 with full pension? Meanwhile they say this is an issue about respect? I don't believe that most Americans are so lucky to retire at 55.
I'm lucky I'm on vacation in NYC right now and not working, cause getting around is a pain. Given the way things are going, I think this strike will last a few days or more. Roger Toussaint is starting personal attacks on the Mayor. The press isn't really having any of it. I suspect he will see the inside of a jail cell or bankrupt his union before the strike is over.