WFP Co-Chair Bob Master was at the Transport Workers Union rally yesterday to express solidarity in their fight with the MTA. Last August, arbitrators approved the terms of a contract in a process that is meant to be an alternative to a repeat of the bitter 2005 strike. The same Taylor Law that made that strike illegal also provides for a ‘binding arbitration’ process.
It’s an example of how laws are applied unfairly against working people. In 2005, the TWU was fined millions of dollars for striking. But will the MTA directors be fined for setting aside the findings of an arbitration ruling based on the same law? We don’t think so.
Here’s Bob:
October 31st, 2009 at 10:57 pm
The Taylor Law violates First Amendment protections of Freedom of Assembly. It should be overturned by the courts or repealed by the State Legislature.