The Image of the Striking Transit Workers

Over atTMPCafe the left-wing Jo Ann Mart has this to say:

All of a sudden, the 33,000 workers of the New York City Transport Local 100 are the symbols of organized labor's struggles to rebuild itself as their fight is projected not only to my city--New York--but to a global audience. All of the early polling and public opinion, as reported, in the NY local media, showed extraordinary support for the workers' cause, in a city that has more union penetration--and much of it public sector--than anywhere else in America.

But, it's likely that another few days of this will rile even the strongest of union supporters, as the geography of New York as an island becomes ever so emblazoned on the footprints of millions of New Yorkers trying to get around in our massive city. But if the elected officials of New York--the two top Republicans--Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg--want to force stronger support for the union and the workers on strike, then they should continue ahead with their anti-worker diatribes. They are strengthening the hand of the union, even as the union appears to want to find a way to return to the bargaining table.

Really.We must be on a different planet because many people make less money and can't afford to retire early like these "special class" of workers.Does Jo Ann Mart talk to people who are being blackmailed in the cold weather trying to get to work? Or does Jo Ann Mart really believe in Marxism?? I bet Jo Ann Mart thinks that the Transit Union is more popular than Wal-Mart.Religious beliefs die hard with some.