Tuesday, December 27, 2005 – 2:21 pm
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Rumor has it that the MTA and the TWU Local 100 may be agreeing to a new 3-year contract today. It seems like maybe the strike had its intended effect.
The new contract 3%, 4% and 4% over the […]
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 – 10:25 am
So there’s a small possibility that New York Magazine may be doing a piece that somehow involves or mentions the transit strike tees that we made up. We’ve sold about a dozen or so in our store and would like to thank everyone who bought one. We’d also like to ask you, if you see […]
Friday, December 23, 2005 – 9:55 am
We never thought we’d find ourselves saying this but we actually agree with the Post’s coverage of post-strike far more than the Daily News’, even though the Post sort of takes a backhanded stab at the union saying they "blinked", or somehow lost standoff by going back to work (which actually is debatable).
The Daily […]
Thursday, December 22, 2005 – 5:54 pm
Welcome back transit workers. Let’s not forget, that even though some of us may have been inconvenienced the past few days, that these people were standing up for not only their rights, but the rights of future TWU members. And while we may have been inconvenienced, they were out of work losing two days for […]
Thursday, December 22, 2005 – 2:33 pm
TWU executive board votes 36-5 to send transit workers back to work immediately. The word is it will take 18-24 hours to get the trains and busses back up and running. No word yet on when that can happen but they’re saying hopefully limited service by tomorrow morning’s rush.
Basically the reports are saying that Toussaint […]
Thursday, December 22, 2005 – 2:31 pm
When you’re the world’s thinnest supermodel and use a little white powder to help you maintain your lack of physique, it may seem like a great idea to film yourself snorting coke, but it’ll seem a little less fun when the video makes its way to the cops. [AP]
You may have a right to come […]
Thursday, December 22, 2005 – 11:09 am
Toussaint agrees to take steps to get the union back to work.
Live press conference is getting ready to start discussing what if any progress were made overnight.
Start off saying they think they have "some good news for you".
Over the last 48 hours they have met with the TWU and MTA, no agreement has been […]