Live Blogging the Potential Strike - Blow By Freakin’ Blow
12:01 a.m. - The deadline has come and gone and there’s no word yet. TWU president Roger Toussaint is meeting with the 47 executive board members to decide if they will officially reject the MTA’s final offer, which they upped at the 11th hour to 3% the first year, 4% the second year and 3.5% the third year.
12:10 a.m. - Evidently Toussaint wants the strike, but ultimately it’s up to their 47 executive board members. Toussaint is expected to make a statement shortly
12:15 a.m. - NY1 is leaning heavily towards an inevitable strike
12:17 a.m. - Evidently the MTA has also given the TWU Martin Luther King Day as a holiday. I didn’t even realize that was a point of contention.
12:19 a.m. - Still no word from the TWU. NY1 reports that the trains are still running at this time. But I guess they can’t just hit the brakes at 12:01 can they.
12:34 a.m. - Still waiting. NY1 keeps repeating their contingency plans. Taxi’s are turning off their meters and using a zone system; up to $10 within the same zone and up to $5 for each addition zone. It’s all laid out on the NY1 website here
12:50 a.m. - No new info. I’m getting sleepy.
1:12 a.m. - Still waiting. Peter Braunstein was extradited back to NYC today. NY1 just showed some footage of him in custody. He looks like shit. Not that he looked that good to begin with.
1:20 a.m. - Pfft! I had a long day and I need to go to bed. I’m handing the reins over to the one, the only–Art Lowe! Subway spy extrairdinaire and all around awesome unemployeed guy! He’ll continue the coverage in a new post. Goodnight all! Let’s hope they either vote for no strike or go back to negotiate some more.
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Is it the TWU or the TMU?
good call Art–corrected. Is it still called dyslexia when you turn things upside-down?
Heh, yeah… that’s one element of dyslexia.
I have an update:
12:39 p.m. - If Art hears that bitch on NY1 say “The midnight deadline has come and gone” one more fucking time, he’s going to explode!
ha! I was just thinking that! Oh and that update would have to be at 12:39 am, not pm. I guess we are both a little loopy. How long are you going to wait for the word?
Yes, a.m. — stupid ol’ me.
Sigh, I don’t know. Now that I have no job (and this strike isn’t going to help that, I guess), my sleep schedule is royally fucked up. I have been going to sleep at 6/7 a.m. and waking up at 3/4 p.m. It’s pathetic, and I’m worried I might be a vampire.
In summary, I’ll be up all night.
And, if you get too tired, I could always start a new post and start the live blogging again from there.
I have nothing else to do. NOTHING.
i might take you up on that in a bit. this lack of new info is not inspiring me to stay awake
hey Art–it could be worse. You could be a hard working corporate slave. wanna trade?
As long as it’s less than 50 hours a week and in a semi-structured environment, I’ll take it.
I’ve got mad bills to pay and affording food is becoming difficult.