|
![]() ![]() ![]() |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) |
![]() |
Bluzmann57
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 10:59 AM Original message |
Poll question: Real simple: Do you support the transportation workers strike in NYC? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. There wouldn't be a strike if the MTA wasn't blatantly trying to bust the |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DoYouEverWonder
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. NYC Transit Workers marching in DC on 9/24/05 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mattclearing
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Awesome. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bullimiami
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. i dont know what caused them to strike. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's not the city, it's the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skink
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. During the run up to Christmas too... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LostinVA
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Who cares? There's a war on Christmas, you know |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. they could strike to get |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LostinVA
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Me too! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cessna Invesco Palin
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why would you support that? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crikkett
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so is busting unions, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. honestly, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rug
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. lol |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
stray cat
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know the offers well enough to make an informed decision |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zensea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. YES |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MarianJack
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Back When We Had a Real Economy and a Real President,... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
two gun sid
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. I support the strike. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bad Poll - I'm not against the strike for the inconvenience but because |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluzmann57
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. OK fair enough |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I stand behind the right to strike |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zensea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. You're misstating the MTA position and leaving stuff out. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gemini Cat
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sir_captain
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Did any of you have to walk to work this morning? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bammertheblue
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I understand (at least kind of.) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Sorry |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zensea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. I walked further than usual |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sir_captain
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I'm way up north, and work is way down south. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zensea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Try going over to University Heights in the Bronx |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sir_captain
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Not a bad idea |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Broke In Jersey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. The offer to the union was a fair one - |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Right On! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. 15 dickheads on this board, I see.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Um, I'm not a dickhead and I clicked no |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. What's wrong with this strike? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. It inconveniences people. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Right, nothing to do with the fair offer they responded to with a strike |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sir_captain
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. You, sir, are wrong |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Its not in response to an unreasonable conduct |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. My understanding is that MTA is not being reasonable. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Are you kidding me |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You make a good case. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Guilty |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BurtWorm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I may be misremembering the number, but whatever it was |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. OK, keep telling yourself that. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. What is a good use of strike power |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BiggJawn
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thank you. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Inflation |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dutch
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. YES! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
nonconformist
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Absofreakinglutely. Solidarity forever! nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yavin4
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. If We Had A National Healthcare and Pension Plans, There Would Not Be |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Broke In Jersey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is why unions are losing friends & supporters |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dr.strangelove
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. EXACTLY - This is a bad strike |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. here's a question |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sandnsea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. If the union caved |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Broke In Jersey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. "If the union caved" ??? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sandnsea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Support unions |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Broke In Jersey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Whatever - Unions are not making any friends this time out here in NYC! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sandnsea
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. That excuse is nothing new |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Xithras
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. As a union member: NO. There were other options. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. why is a strike always the unions fault? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Xithras
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Because many unions don't care about PR. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kahleefornia
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. good points, all |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LuCifer
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. Inconvient?! WAH! Illegal?! WAH! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DoYouEverWonder
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is what democracy looks like |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Chovexani
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. Lifelong New Yorker. I support the union 100% |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
smirkymonkey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes - And I am a New Yorker. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
OmmmSweetOmmm
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Although I live in a suburb of the city now and it has no impact on me, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Nutmegger
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. People should be allowed to strike |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FredScuttle
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. UNION |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Broke In Jersey
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. The National Union says local union is wrong to strike! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Darranar
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes, most definitely. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
goodhue
![]() |
Tue Dec-20-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yes |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thu Jun 20th 2024, 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (Through 2005) |
![]() |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC