This post appeared in a previous blog and is here for posterity’s sake.

i smell a transit strike, originally uploaded by lanaj
Now that we are less than 5 hours until the transit strike, it is both scary and reassuring that TWU Local 100 has a strike safety contingency plan and it is posted on their blog.
Check out Gothamist for all of your Transit Strike info-porn:

‘Twas the night of the transit negotiations,
and all through the big city,
not a straphanger (or bus rider) was calm,
’cause a strike would be damn gritty.
So, it’s the end of your work day and the MTA and Transit Workers Union are still engaged in intense negotiations at the Grand Hyatt right by Grand Central. (Have you seeing rallying workers?) And, uh, Newsday reports that the talks are “going nowhere.” How about “…going nowhere except for a resolution at 00:00:59?” We have been enjoying the photographs from the 1980 transit strike, but it doesn’t seem like they had a rainy day to deal with! Both sides are willing to negotiate on wages, but pensions are one of the wildcards.

Well, we will know more tonight, but here’s to walking in the cold – my place of employment will not close down if (when) the strike occurs.