And yes, I _know_ the one is a state agency and the other is a
> municipal government ... duh! But you should know that when
> Bloomberg says 'jump' everyone asks 'how high?', etc. Things like the
> difference between a 'state agency' and a 'municipal government' in
> this instance is just thinly veilled bullshit, just as with Chicago > Transit Authority.
Ah, Pat, I think it would be a good idea to stop speculating here about areas that are unrelated to Telecom and about which you know nothing. New York is not Illinois, the relationship between NYC and NYS is not the same as that between Chicago and Illinois, and NYC most definitely does not control the MTA.
Obviously you did _not_ do your homework assignment yesterday (read
> the transcripts of the 1960's court proceeding when the union was
> last on strike.) At that point in time, the reason the strike lasted
> eleven days instead of only two or three was because the judge was a
> total blowhard, a real jerk with his fines and punishments, etc.
Well, actually, the last strike was in 1980, but why should we let facts get in our way? In the 1960s strike, union leader Mike Quill had heart failure and was negotiating from his hospital bed by waving fingers. That kind of slowed things down.
R's,
John
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Please forgive my typo. On the one hand I said 'twenty-five years ago' which would be 1980 _which is what I meant_ and on the other hand a reference to '1960s'. Please go by what I meant, not what slipped out in the typing. PAT]