Members of the Transport Workers Union have voted -- by a margin of seven votes -- to reject the MTA's contract offer. The vote was 11,234 to approve vs. 11, 241 to turn down the deal. "This by no means automatically means a strike," WCBS 880's Peter Haskell reports. "What the two sides have to go is go back to the table and work something out."Hopefully the sides will go back to the drawing table and the MTA can keep itself from giving away the farm on pensions and the TWU wont look so greedy.
Oh who am I kidding.
That's exactly what's going to happen and the taxpayers and riders are going to be the ones paying for the 'deal.'
Gothamist is also on the case, and they're worrying that this might lead back to the picket lines. I'm not so sure considering the beating that the TWU took in the court of public opinion and the pocketbook.
But it's also curious how strong the dissident group was - they were able to outmaneuver and outhustle Toussaint's effort to get this deal ratified. There's a power struggle underway at the TWU, and that battle will affect the outcome of the negotiations between the MTA and the TWU. That's what we've got to watch in coming days.
UPDATE:
GOP and the City, Suitably Flip, Urban Elephants, and The Politicker are all tracking the latest. And the union rejected this by seven votes. I'm sure someone demand a recount or five to make sure that there isn't a strike.
UPDATE:
Gotham Gazette is also following the story, which will get wider coverage tomorrow when the local newspapers run the the inevitable front page stories.
Prior coverage: The Cowardly Lion
Dissecting the Transit Deal
Awaiting a Deal
A Deal In Sight?
Tallying the Toll
Winners and Losers
Strike Over?
Seeing The Humor in Striking
Three Strikes and You're Out?
Rogering New York
A Pox On Both Their Houses
The Pension Gap
The TWU to NYC: We're Gonna Strike
Taking Sides in the Transit Strike
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