L.A. Councilman wonders whether union caused outage

The AP reports:

City Councilman Dennis Zine wondered whether the workers caused the shortage intentionally.

"There's no question that water and power is in contract negotiations," Zine said. "Could this be interpreted as ... 'if we don't get this we're going to shut down the power of Los Angeles?'"

The City Council has yet to approve a proposal that would increase utility workers' pay between 16.25 percent and 30 percent over five years. D'Arcy said the union will hold a strike vote in the coming weeks.

Isn't monopoly and coercion great.