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bmoreDLJ
11/03/09

In reply to Philly Transit Strike Starts After World Series Leaves
The regional rail is still running (albeit with long delays and other provisos,) as are the suburban bus lines.

I don't know much about the strike, despite living here, but frankly, with unemployment and demand for jobs so high, I wouldn't feel too bad if SEPTA just hired new employees to replace the ones who stopped working.

I will say that in my experience living here for two years now, SEPTA officials on the subway, bus, and rail have always been courteous and helpful at best and tolerably surly at worst.

But this simply isn't a good time for anyone to strike. Jobs are too precious to treat so cavalierly, or cobaltly, or even cruzely.
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MaWeiTao
11/03/09

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These damn unions. They already have excessively light workloads and raises on a regular basis. They seem to always strike because they're not getting as much money as they'd like.

In the city where I live the administration tried to get the teachers union to agree to budget cuts. What they managed to agree on was no pay increase for a year and then generous increases every 6 months for the following 2 years. Isn't that nice? And the head of the of the Board of Education earns well over $200k a year and claims she needs her raise to cover cost of living increases.

When was the last time a union actually went on strike because of truly abusive practices by the employer? 1915? Today unions are their own form of abusive big business. #unions
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lilwillie
11/03/09

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52K on average a year. That is a pretty good average for a wage. Not sure if the benny's are in that also but I'd have to think yes. Still. Good wage.

Striking during negotiations always seems like a last straw attempt. This will make national news and be shoved down our throats by the MSM after today's elections.

Compared to what Reagan did back in the day, I wonder what BHO's reaction will be? #unions
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drewdrawshashtags
11/03/09

@lilwillie: But these are local unions, not national, so BHO's got nothing to do with it.

As a regularish SEPTA rider though, I can assure you that they are overpaid, underworked and horrible people in general. #unions
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jodark
11/03/09

@drewdrawshashtags: Unions are unions. They all band together to extort more for less. #unions
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lilwillie
11/03/09

@drewdrawshashtags:

I wouldn't put it past BHO to put his two cents on the matter in. #unions
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drewdrawshashtags
11/04/09

@jodark: Oh, don't worry, if you live in Philly, and don't belong to one, you hate the unions. I'm just saying that it's not a national problem, just a relatively small (albeit incredibly annoying) local one, and I don't see Obama going near it. This is the third time these dipshits have paralyzed Philly in the last 15 years, but thankfully local support for their "cause" (read: extortion) is at an all-time low. #unions
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pmalik
11/03/09

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Better article here:
[www.msnbc.msn.com]

They want 4% annual raise (22% over 5 years), the offer was 11.5% over 5 years. Philly needs to pull a Reagan and can all of them.
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Alfisted
11/03/09

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'taint no thing. If you've been following The Series, you know that Philly isn't going anywhere anyway. #unions
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VeeArrrSix
11/03/09

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Does going on strike actually do anything besides making the general populace hate you? It's not like you can't hold a news conference and say you are pissed off, with out pissing off an entire city. #unions
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drewdrawshashtags
11/03/09

@VeeArrrSix: By announcing the strike, today was officially declared "punch a dickhead union worker in the face day" in Philly.

I plan on participating if I can find any of the weasels. #unions
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Flathead Smith
11/03/09

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Striking in down economy like this is damned arrogant, there are plenty of unemployed folks who would love to have one of those transit jobs right now, I say fire them all, and let people who want to work have them. #unions
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PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
11/03/09

@Flathead Smith: That verywell might happen, it wouldn't be all that hard to keep the strike going, hire on a whole workforce and then end the strike with what ever consessions necessary and then fire them when they get back for not showing up for work for the past few weeks or how ever long they prolong the strike.

It would kill the union and set a precident for other citys.

They are screwing with the Gov't and even at municipal levels it's near impossible to win against government. #unions
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friendlynerd
11/03/09

@Flathead Smith: oh you should see the contract terms they turned down. it's enough to make any working person sick with envy. #unions
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Flathead Smith
11/03/09

@PowerTryp forever Minardi: I'll bet the city will cave in to just about every union demand. Cities don’t care if they have to raise cost, they’ll just pass it along to those fare paying customer.
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pj134
11/03/09

@Flathead Smith: Philly is already more than a billion in the hole though. I'd get them all to come to a negotation, All of them or no negotiations, then when they're about to sign give Nesbit or whats his name the signal for the swat teams to take em all out. I hate overpriveleged union workers. Coal miners can strike, steel workers can strike and physicla laborers can strike. Fucking bus drivers? NO. #unions
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
11/03/09

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He is happy. #unions
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
11/03/09

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Just jog to work. Have your trainer ride behind you on a bike. Take the stairs. Pump your fists. Repeat. #unions
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PatFromGundo
06/23/09

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Who knew the Sound of Philadelphia was screeching tires and twisting metal? (Driving in Philly can be quite a Gamble, and you might leave in a Huff...or a stretcher.)
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Boosted Lego Wagon
06/23/09

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Jerry: Seinfeld. I made a reservation for a mid-size, and she's a small. I'm kidding around, of course.

Agent: I'm sorry, we have no mid-size available at the moment.

Jerry: I don't understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?

Agent: Yes, we do, unfortunately we ran out of cars.

Jerry: But the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation.

Agent: I know why we have reservations.

Jerry: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to *hold* the reservation and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.

Agent: Let me, uh, speak with my supervisor.

Agent: I'm sorry, my supervisor says there's nothing we can do.

Jerry: Yeah, it looked as if you were in a real conversation over there.

Agent: But we do have a Lamborghini if you would like that.

Jerry: Fine.

Agent: Alright. We have a red Lamborghini for you Mr. Seinfeld. Would you like insurance?

Jerry: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this Lambo.

/These Pretzels are Making me Thirsty.
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Novaload
06/23/09

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You would think that people would wise up; just because you occasionally stomp on the pedal in your daily driver does NOT mean you can handle one of these monsters.

It's the same tired, sad story: go too fast, lose control, impact, blue tarp.
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.357
06/23/09

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So much for the City of Brotherly Love, eh?
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pj134
06/23/09

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: You think this makes it not the City of Brotherly Love?

A couple of years ago there were more murders than days in the year. A story about someone being injured doesn't make the news unless it ends in death. It should have lost the moniker a long time ago. Spend a few minutes reading on [www.philly.com] and you'll see what I mean.
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.357
06/23/09

@ambidextrous pj134: "A couple of years ago there were more murders than days in the year. A story about someone being injured doesn't make the news unless it ends in death."

Don't worry. Most people don't know it, but it happens in Toronto too. There was a stabbing in front of my house yesterday, and no news coverage at all.
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benrobNU
06/23/09

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: What are you talking about? I heard its so safe people leave their doors unlocked.

/moorism
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.357
06/23/09

@benrobNU: Ha ha. If I didn't have a garage, my car would have been broken into many times by now.
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pj134
06/23/09

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Heh, your news sites have a little bit of a different flare... every other headline doesn't have "shooting victim" or "killed by car" in it.
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.357
06/23/09

@ambidextrous pj134: That's because it's all concentrated in one area. Where I live!
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pj134
06/23/09

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: If you can afford an AMG, can't you afford to move? :)
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.357
06/23/09

@ambidextrous pj134: I actually like living here. I could move, but it's my home, and I like it.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/23/09

@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: @ambidextrous pj134: He doesn't stay in the project hallways, talking about how he been hanging out in project hallways.
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.357
06/23/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Holy fuck. Best use of a Jay-Z lyric on Jalopnik. Death of Autotune is my new anthem against all these bubblegum rappers.
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Boosted Lego Wagon
06/23/09

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Welcome to Budget Rent-A-Lambo.

Now also renting AK-47s to children.
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MushyHeirloom
06/23/09

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If you drive a minivan, you probably want to die anyway.

*dodging rotten fruit*
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citroën67
06/23/09

@Taco Mudplushroomz: That is one of those statements where even the people who are pissed-off and offended by it have to admit that it is funny.
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MushyHeirloom
06/23/09

@citroën67: Precisely.

Minivans are perfectly fine if you:

-hate driving

-have a second 'fun' car

-buy a Mazda5.
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