San Francisco Critical Mass was huge on Friday. Quite a few people in costumes. Over on the other side of the world I've heard that those fascist NYC cops have been trying to kill the Mass. So I'm curious - how did it go Friday? (You guys do ride the same day as we do over here, right?)

I wasn't there but here's a few links:

https://www.gothamist.com/archives/20...ew_arrests.php

https://www.untitledname.com/archives...al_mass_o.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/criticalmass/

nyc mass was the sh1t! because of the upcoming election bloomberg's cops held off and it was a painless, beautiful ride, all the way uptown and then through central park and back downtown. and the timesup after party was ****in awesome -- i bartended

congrats nyc CM attendees

we had a similar lack of police at our's in Toronto -- the police here are currently on a work-to-rule campaign and are only responding to emergency calls. Good times.

i have only ever heard people from toronto say "work-to-rule."

what is work-to-rule?

it's when you're doing the bare minimum.

It's a tactic used to show how much extra you do every day. You do only what is required in your contract, the bare minimum. It's a good tactic for groups that can't strike because their services are considered essential. Sometimes helps when management is dragging its feet in negotiations. You can maybe keep the public on your side by providing bus, nursing, teaching services, but at the same time make your point about how much you are worth.

ahhh, got it. makes sense now.

huh. didn't know that, or think about that, as a negotiating tactic.

off-topic: my gf's union (she's a grad student / TA) just won a new contract in the final hour last night. no strike! yayayayayayay!