Originally Posted by jyossarian
According to the contract, the strike would be illegal and would cost striking workers money in terms of fines for illegally striking. A long term strike would be economically disastrous during the holiday season and making shopping a nightmare since so many people ride the subways w/ all their shopping bags, including me. If anything, the TWU won't strike or will call a short wildcat strike for a few hours as a sign of solidarity or whatever.
If the MTA does strike, I'll rollerblade to work instead of bike in order to share in the misery w/ my fellow commuters.
The Taylor law would cost the striking workers little or no money as the city would have to "forgive" the fines in order to get the workers back. The Taylor law is nothing more than a bargining chip that's brought to the table after the fact. This law will not prevent a strike because it cannot force city employees to work.