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To: mishedlo who wrote (99710)7/15/2009 6:47:19 PM
From: niceguy7671 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 116555
 
Thanks for asking.

Yes they are. 24th day and running.

Apparently there are a fairly large number of strikers, who are unhappy continuing with this strike, but union rules override their angst,

Also, I'm told that facebook is replete with upset strikers who are compelled to tow the union line.

What is most galling to me is that strikers block the road to the drop off sites, ostensibly, to explain their side of the dispute, which is their legal right. Problem is that there are times when one vehicle is allowed to pass each 15 minutes. Obviously those who consequently wait 3 hours to drop off their refuse aren't too sympathetic to any rationale they can conjure up.

I don't get it! Bring in the scab workers at 80% of what these pikers are being paid, and you'll have an ecstatic lineup of well qualified currently unemployed individuals who would happily accept any reasonable "salary" let alone an incredibly generous pension plan.

The system is broken when we can have real unemployment pushing 20%, many with university and post university backgrounds, while the "sanitation workers, many without their high school credits, are striking and holding the city at ransom.

Time to mimic Reagan's air comptroller methodology, and boot these hacks out once and for all!
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