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Post by ptp2011 on Jan 22, 2011 21:57:51 GMT -5
Our local buses (Metrobus, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada) have been on strike for 79 days now.
To compensate, Metrobus sold taxi vouchers at half-price (I bought $100 of taxi rides for $50).
Have you ever had problems like this on your local public transportation (buses/trains)? Have your systems been on strike for longer than 79 days in recent memory?
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 23, 2011 11:20:37 GMT -5
Our local buses (Metrobus, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada) have been on strike for 79 days now. To compensate, Metrobus sold taxi vouchers at half-price (I bought $100 of taxi rides for $50). Have you ever had problems like this on your local public transportation (buses/trains)? Have your systems been on strike for longer than 79 days in recent memory? Luckily no, but when I lived in California, it sure felt like they did. |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 23, 2011 11:23:08 GMT -5
Couldn't they hire scabs and license them to drive the buses?
Or does the people who are on strike own the buses too?
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 23, 2011 11:23:15 GMT -5
79 day? Wow. I can't imagine a transit strike lasting that long. Is public transit heavily used in St.John's?
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Post by ptp2011 on Jan 23, 2011 11:56:25 GMT -5
79 day? Wow. I can't imagine a transit strike lasting that long. Is public transit heavily used in St.John's? Not really. Mainly only low-income (like me) and students. The municipal government owns the buses, and I'm not sure how keen they are to do that. |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 23, 2011 12:02:11 GMT -5
Not like bus drivers are some hard to replace set of skilled workers. If they want to strike, I'd say "Screw them" and hire people who need jobs. Get them licensed and let them drive the buses. Income back into the city that is being unused right now without the transit system running.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 23, 2011 12:08:57 GMT -5
A transit strike would absolutely cripple Chicago. We already have the worst traffic as it is (not just speaking offhand here, studies showed it recently)
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 23, 2011 13:07:17 GMT -5
Agreed. I can't imagine a CTA shut down or even a slow down. The City literally could not function without it.
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Post by ptp2011 on Jan 28, 2011 12:02:08 GMT -5
The strike is over! Service scheduled to return January 31. Offering free rides from Jan 31 - Feb 14, $1 rides from Feb 15-28, then back to normal $2.25 after that.
Total: 89 days (if all goes well)
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