[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note:
> The court reconsidered its imposition of a fine, and forgave the whole
> debt, and the workers went back to work the same day. Read the court
> transcripts from the strike 25 years ago. I think this time around will
> be a lot the same way.
Well, it seems that the times they have a-changed.
New York's 3-Day Transit Strike Ends
> Friday December 23, 2005 4:46 AM
> By DEEPTI HAJELA
> Associated Press Writer
> NEW YORK (AP) - Faced with mounting fines and the rising wrath of
> millions of commuters, the city transit union sent its members back to
> work without a new contract Thursday and ended a crippling, three-day > strike...
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yeah, but read the part of the story where it says "futher court proceedings [i.e. discussion of fines and punishments] have been adjourned until January 20, 2006." That is when they will meet to to decide what to do about the whole mess. My thinking is at that point they will all be friends again and any discussion of fines and punishments will be forgotten about. No doubt that little fact will be reported in a paragraph on page 79 of the next day's newspaper. PAT]