Happy Transit Strike Anniversary!
It’s hard to believe, especially on the heels of Roger Toussaint’s re-election, but today is the one year anniversary of the “Great Transit Strike of 2005″. At exactly this moment one year ago today you were probably bitching out and cursing the MTA and TWU as you tried to figure out how the hell you were going to get to work or wherever it was you needed to be. And unlike this year, the weather was MUCH colder this time last year, so it made for a pretty inconvenient week before Christmas. The last transit strike was in April of 1980 and that lasted an epic 11 days, but the one last year lasted just over three days. But those three days were chocked full of all sorts of stories, annoyances and blog posts! Nothing makes the word flow quite like a transit strike–trust us. For your reading pleasure, a ton of links to the extensive Metblogs NYC Transit Strike Coverage are waiting for you…just after the jump…
Photo from Express Train
Holy Crap–Potential Transit Strike Pandemonium at Midnight!
3 More Days of Transit Strike Limbo
Live Blogging the Potential Strike – Blow By Freakin’ Blow
Live Blogging the Potential Strike – Blow By Freakin’ Blow – Part 2
How Has the Strike Affected You Today?
Strike update from the lazy south Brooklyn front
Is the Transit Strike Affecting Cocaine Delivery? Hell no!
Some things to take advantage of during the strike…
Strike Update: Day One PM Recap, Day Two News
I can’t believe that worthless man was re-elected. Funnier still is his spin now that getting the EXACT same agreement over which he called the strike last year is somehow the fault of the MTA for hampering. Pal, you did that.
I like unions (I’m in two and on the verge of joining a third!) but this man was drunk on some kind of power and operating is a bizarre alternate reality.