The strike

There are serious, complex, and subtle issues on both sides of the MTA/TWU disagreement. I can see valid and emotional cases to be made for both perspectives.

But there is one fact that I think is important to consider: the collective loss to New York, and all of its citizens and businesses, that is resulting from the strike is greater than the individual loss the TWU would suffer by accepting the MTA's latest offer.

The amount of harm the TWU is inflicting on all of New York is greater than the harm they are looking to avoid facing themselves.