ʻO ka hahau ʻana i ʻekolu mau lā e ka poʻe kaʻa kaʻa 34,000 a me nā mea hana subway o New York, e hōʻeha ana i ka transit mass a manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ma kahi o 3.5 miliona mau mea hele i kēlā me kēia lā, ke pāʻani ʻia nei i loko o ka pāpā - ʻo ia hoʻi nā kīwī a me nā lekiō - he pōʻino kūlohelohe. He mea minamina ia, no ka mea, hiki ke hana maʻalahi ka hihia i hoʻokau ʻia ka hahau ʻana i ka poʻe limahana, kahi hopena o nā kulekele lehulehu a me nā alakaʻi kālai'āina a me ke kūlanakauhale kūpono ʻole.
ʻO ka poʻe hele wāwae paʻakikī e hele ana ma ke alahaka ʻo Brooklyn i ka wā maloʻo mai ko lākou tony Brooklyn Heights a me Cobble Hill enclaves e aloha ʻia e Meia Michael Bloomberg ma ke ʻano he poʻe koa, kahi hoʻokipa ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka poʻe i pakele i ka Hurricane Katrina. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻomāinoino ʻia ka hui ma ke ʻano he makemake ponoʻī a hoʻoweliweli ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia no ka uhai ʻana i ke kānāwai anti-strike Taylor Law. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke kuhina piliona piliona o New York pehea "ua huli haʻahaʻa ke alakaʻi o ka TWU i ko lākou kua i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York" a hui pū me ke kiaʻāina i ka ʻāhewa ʻana i ka "haʻi kānāwai" o ka hui. Pūʻulu Kinohi ʻO Michael Godwin ka mea kākau moʻolelo i ʻōlelo ʻo ke ao hoʻokūkū hou o ka 21st Century e koi i nā limahana e ulu a haʻalele i nā pono.
He mea hoʻohenehene ka lohe ʻana i ke kamaʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi, e uwē ana e pili ana i ke kānāwai o ke kānāwai a me ke ʻano "ʻaʻole pono ke kūkākūkā a hiki i ka pau ʻana o kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻokoʻa." ʻO kēia ke alakaʻi aupuni mālama kānāwai hoʻokahi i haʻaheo ma "Bloomberg on Bloomberg" (p. 59) ʻo ka uhai ʻana i ke kānāwai he ʻāpana wale nō ia o kāna ala hoʻoikaika i ka waiwai.
"Ma waena o nā ʻōpala hamburger kahiko a McDonald a me nā ʻiole hoʻoheheʻe ʻia," i haʻaheo ai ka mea nui media mua, "ua huki mākou i nā uwea mai kā mākou kamepiula i nā kīpē a me nā pale a mākou e kau nei, hoʻokomo i nā kaula ma nā lua a mākou i wili ai i nā lako o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe - me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻia. , kue ana i kela a me keia kanawai ahi, ke kanawai hale, a me ka hooponopono uniona ma na buke. He mea kupanaha ʻaʻole mākou i puhi i kekahi keʻena a i ʻole ka uila iā mākou iho.
Mai ka manaʻo o ka uniona, he mea hoʻonāukiuki ka mayor, akā ʻo ka Metropolitan Transit Authority i hoʻokele ʻia e kūʻē ʻino i ka uku uku, pōmaikaʻi a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi penikala. I ka hola 11, ua koi aku kāna mau mea kūʻai aku i nā uku penikala. Wahi a ka hui ʻo kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka lani e pili ana i ka lanakila ʻana i ka mahalo. A e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hui hope o ka lāhui.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ma ka ʻaha kūkā nūhou 3:00 am Dec. 20 e hoʻolaha ana i ka hōʻole ʻana i ka makana hope loa o ka MTA, ʻo Roger Toussaint, hānau ʻia ʻo Trinidadian, ka pelekikena o ka hui ʻo Transport Workers Union Local 100, i wehewehe i ka hahau ʻana he "hakakā inā paha e uku ʻia ka hana koʻikoʻi me ka hoʻomaha maikaʻi ʻana… he hakakā ma luna o ka ʻānai ʻana, a i ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka uhi pono olakino no ka poʻe hana ma New York. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "hakakā no ka hanohano a me ka mahalo i ka hana, kahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe i ka MTA. Ua luhi nā limahana transit i ka mahalo ʻole ʻia a me ka mahalo ʻole ʻia.
Ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i kēia mau ʻōlelo i loko o nā ʻōlelo ma hope o ka lā iā NY1, ke kikowaena kelepona nūhou āpau o ke kūlanakauhale:
"Ke ʻimi nei ʻo MTA a me Mayor Bloomberg i kā lākou papahana ponoʻī i kēia mau kūkākūkā ʻaelike, a ʻo ia ka papahana e hoʻohana i nā kūkākūkā transit e hoʻokumu i kahi peni penikala haʻahaʻa hou a laila kau ʻia ma luna o nā haneli haneli o nā limahana kūloko ma hope o ka koi ʻana i nā limahana transit. . Ke ho'āʻo nei lākou e hoʻokau i nā kūlana olakino haʻahaʻa ma luna o nā limahana transit a laila hoʻokau i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana o nā limahana o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kēia e pili ana i kahi pilikia nui aʻe, kahi hakakā nui. A laila hāpai lākou i ka manaʻo hou e uku nā mea hoʻolimalima hou i 6% o kā lākou uku i kā lākou penikala. I kēia manawa, uku nā limahana transit i 2% o kā lākou uku no kā lākou penikala. He 200% hoʻonui. ʻO kā lākou manaʻo e holo ma luna o ke koena o ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana me kēlā mea peni penikala hou.
Ua ʻae nui ka poʻe nānā i ka hana ʻo ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka hihia penikala ma ka hola 11 - ka noʻonoʻo o ka mogul waiwai waiwai a me ka luna MTA ʻo Peter Kalikow - he mea hoʻonāukiuki. Ua kaulana ʻo Kalikow no ka noho ʻana i waho o nā kūkākūkā hakakā o ka mana i ka makahiki 2003 me ka uniona, kahi i pau ai i kahi hahau, a me he mea lā ua hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi ʻo ia i kēia.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Toussaint he mea hoʻonāukiuki. E like me kāna haʻi ʻana iā NY1, "Inā ʻaʻole no ka ʻāpana penikala, ʻaʻole mākou e kuʻi." ʻO nā nūpepa o ke kūlanakauhale, wale nō The New York Times ua kālele ʻia i ka hakakā ʻana ma luna o nā penikala ma muli o kahi indelicate ʻO ka manawa hope loa e ke poʻo MTA. A ua hōʻike wale ʻia kēlā hoʻolaha ma The Times Mahele Metro a ma lalo o ka pa.
ʻAʻole hoʻonui a hoʻopiʻi paha ka angle mahalo i ka nostalgia ʻoihana. ʻO ka hana kaʻaahi a me ke kaʻa kaʻa he mea weliweli, a ʻo ka hana track wale nō ke kumu nui o nā maʻi pulmonary weliweli. Akā, ma hope o ka hana ʻana i kahi hana i hiki ai ka uku i $53,000 keu ma kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa o ka ʻāina, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi o ʻekolu mau limahana transit i loaʻa i kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka makahiki i hala, he nui nā mea koʻikoʻi: e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana, e hilinaʻi ana i kāu manaʻo. ʻIke ʻia, he poʻe hana ʻino loa nā limahana transit a i ʻole he hoʻopaʻi paʻa ka hoʻokele. ʻO ka poʻe hoʻohewa o ka hahau ʻana, manaʻo lākou he capricious ke ʻano hoʻokele o ka mana inā ʻaʻole he barbarous.
"Manaʻo nā kānaka a pau iā mākou e like me ka palaka i nā manawa a pau. Ua luhi mākou i ka mālama ʻia ʻana e like me ka ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale, "hoʻokahi mea hana kaʻa haʻiʻia Nā lā lā.
ʻO ka nele o ka mahalo e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano lāhui i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Me ka hapa nui o nā limahana kaʻa ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a i ʻole Afro-Caribbean, ua ʻae nui ʻia ka hoʻopiʻi "thuggish" a ke mayor ma ke ʻano he huaʻōlelo ʻano lāhui. ʻO ia ka mea a Rupert Murdoch New York Post hou, ʻoiai e kapa ana iā Toussaint he "makaʻu" (Dec. 20).
ʻOiai he kuhi hewa no ka poʻe kākoʻo kipi ke lawe i ka maunu heihei - he hakakā papa kēia a ʻike nā uniona kūlanakauhale e kākoʻo ana i ka TWU - he mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻohana ʻia ka epithet "thug" e kūʻē i ka keʻokeʻo nui a me ka nui. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hui kumu wahine, a i ʻole ka Hui Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, nā mea kākoʻo ʻōlelo ʻole ʻelua.
ʻO ka uku, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he pilikia paʻa i ka papaʻaina, he wahi ʻeha nō hoʻi. ʻO ka uku hoʻomaka no ka mea hana track he $16.51 i hoʻokahi hola, a i ʻole $578 i kēlā me kēia pule, ma mua o ka manawa ʻoi aku, ʻo ia me nā kumukūʻai o New York City a me nā ʻauhau kiʻekiʻe e waiho i ka loaʻa kālā hoʻopau ʻole kokoke i ka laina ʻilihune. ʻO kēia, ma ka pōkole, ʻaʻole i uku maikaʻi ʻia, a ʻo ka ʻae ʻana o ka uniona i ka hāʻawi uku hope o ka MTA ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i kēlā kūlana. ʻO kekahi pilikia ʻē aʻe ʻo TWU International Pelekikena Michael O'Brien, he ʻenemi kālaiʻāina o Toussaint, e waiho ana i kahi mamao ma waena o ka uniona makua a me nā mea hoʻouka. Loaʻa iā ia nā kumu hilinaʻi a me nā kumu ʻāpana no ka hana ʻana pēlā. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o nā limahana aupuni ma New York State, a ʻo ka hoʻopaʻi nui ʻia he hoʻopaʻi inā ʻaʻole pale. ʻO Iuda kao paha a ʻo Solomona kālā paha, ʻo O'Brien kakau i palapala hamama i nā lālā 100 kūloko e ʻōlelo ana e "hoʻopau i nā hana hoʻopaʻapaʻa a i ʻole nā hana a ... hōʻike i ka hana ma kā lākou mau hola hana a me nā wahi hana… kūkākūkā.
Aia nō ma kēia kākau ʻana e hoʻopaʻahao ʻia nā alakaʻi o TWU Local 100 no ka hoʻowahāwahā hewa no ka uhaki ʻana i kahi kauoha i lanakila ai ke kūlanakauhale i ka pule i hala, ʻoiai ua ʻae nā kumu MTA ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā Toussaint he wahi uila, e hana ana i martyr a hoʻolōʻihi i ka hahau.
He mea maikaʻi ka hui ʻana - me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka loiloi "ʻeha i hoʻokahi he hōʻeha i nā mea āpau" - ʻo ka mea a lākou e kū ai i kēia lā e kū i mua o kēlā me kēia hui aupuni ʻē aʻe i ka lā ʻapōpō. No laila, he mea ʻeha loa ʻoiai ʻoiai ʻo New York City ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā, ke hoʻomalu ʻia nei ia e kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi kālā a me kahi hopohopo mamao loa ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o nā hoʻolālā penikala i wehewehe ʻia a me nā mea hoʻomaha lōʻihi e hiki ke panakalupa ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokuʻāina. ʻAʻole naʻe helu nā helu. ʻO NYC Keena Puke Kuokoa (IBO) i hoʻonui ʻia he $2.2 biliona ma nā hōʻiliʻili ʻauhau ma mua o ka manaʻo o Iune. ʻO ka hoʻonui nui ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻoili waiwai, ʻoihana, a me nā ʻauhau kālā pilikino, ua hoʻokō ʻia e ka ulu ʻana o ka snail i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua hana ʻo Bloomberg i ka hiʻohiʻona o kāna hoʻokele ʻana i nā hana hoʻolimalima, me ka piʻi ʻana o nā ʻaelike liʻiliʻi e like ʻole i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ke ola. ʻO kēia mau hoʻokiʻekiʻe liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "loaʻa huahana," ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana hana.
ʻO ka IBO - ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokaʻawale i nā noho hana no ka mea paʻakikī ke manaʻo ʻia - manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻolilo ʻana e nā keʻena kūlanakauhale e ulu ana ma lalo o 1 pakeneka o ka makahiki a hiki i ka makahiki 2009, ka makahiki hope o ka hoʻokele ʻana o Bloomberg. Ua hoʻopau pū ʻia ua hāʻule i lalo a ʻaʻole i ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele ʻana nā hoʻonohonoho hou ma waena o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā kumu, nā mākaʻi, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me nā uniona lawelawe ʻaʻahu ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mea kupaianaha e pili ana i kēia hana hana, ʻo ia ka lanakila o ka TWU, ʻo ia ka mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā limahana ʻē aʻe e kūʻē i ka lawe ʻana. Ke kamaʻilio nei ka neʻe uniona i kahi pāʻani lokahi maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea a ka TWU e hana nei ʻo ia ka hele wāwae. Ma kahi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā skids no ka ʻae hou ʻana i ka mālama olakino a me nā penikala, aia ʻo TWU i kahi kūlana e kōkua ikaika i nā limahana ʻē aʻe e loaʻa hou nā pōmaikaʻi i nalowale i ka wā i hala. He wahi huli keia no ka poe hana? He paʻakikī ke ʻōlelo. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahi huli o ka poʻe hana ma mua o ko Minotaur maze, akā ua pena ʻo Kāpena Pataki, Kalikow a me Bloomberg iā lākou iho i kahi kihi ma ke koi ʻana i ka hahau. ʻOiai ʻo Henry Stern, he kanaka liberal i hala, ʻo ia ke komisina Parks ma lalo o Ed Koch lāua ʻo Rudolph Giuliani, i nīnau lehulehu i ke akamai o ka manawa o Kalikow.
ʻO ka pū maoli i ke poʻo o nā limahana kaʻaahi a me nā kaʻa kaʻa, e like me nā limahana aupuni ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kānāwai anti-strike Taylor. ʻO ka 1967 Public Employees-Fair Employment Act, a kākau ʻia ma hope o ka 10-lā TWU strike o 1966, heluhelu ʻia: "ʻAʻole e hana kekahi limahana aupuni a hui limahana paha i kahi hahau, ʻaʻohe limahana aupuni a hui limahana paha e hoʻoulu, hoʻoulu. , paipai, a ʻae paha i ka hahau. Ma lalo o ke kānāwai e lilo ana ka uniona i $ 1 miliona i ka lā ma nā uku.
ʻOiai i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia nā hana hana ʻelua e nā uniona a me nā hana hana pono ʻole e ka poʻe hana, hana maoli ke kānāwai e hoʻopaʻa i nā uniona me ka ʻole o ka manawa hoʻokahi e koi ana i nā mea hana aupuni e kūʻai me ka manaʻoʻiʻo maikaʻi. Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā hoʻopaʻi ma luna o nā mea hana, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ke kānāwai Taylor, ʻaʻole i emi iho, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana i hānai ʻia, e like me ka maopopo o ka poʻe hana transit, e hoʻopilikia i nā mea āpau. E lanakila a lilo paha, pono e hele ke kānāwai Taylor - ua hoʻololi ʻia e ke kānāwai hana mokuʻāina e pae ana i ke kahua pāʻani. I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka like o ke kahua pāʻani hui pū ʻana o ka mokuʻāina me ke apo mokomoko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, kahi i kākau ʻia ai nā hakakā ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻeha maoli, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea ʻino e lanakila.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i nā poʻe ʻino, inā he hoʻokahi hewa o ka ʻāpana, ʻo ia ʻo Gov. George Pataki, ka mea incumbent ʻekolu manawa i ka pō o ka hahau ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana i nā hoaaloha Repubalika ma New Hampshire no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka holo ʻana i ka pelekikena. ʻO ka hele ʻana me ka ʻiʻo uniona ma kona mau niho he mea waiwai nui ia i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka koho Repubalika.
ʻAʻole ʻo Peter Kalikow kona poʻo MTA i koho lima ʻia he mea waiwai waiwai a ma mua New York Post ʻO ka mea nona ka mea hoʻokani pila nui Repubalika a he puʻukū hoʻolaha mua no ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau a me ka oleaginous ex-Senator Al D'Amato. Hele mai ʻo ia me kahi moʻolelo, ua hele ʻo ia i kahi banekorupa i ka makahiki 1990 i ka wā i ʻaiʻē ai ʻo ia i nā panakō he ʻumi ma mua o $1 biliona e kūʻē i nā waiwai ma kahi o $500 miliona. Ua emi iho ka poe aie malalo o 20 keneta ma ke dala a me ka mua Post Ke hoʻomau nei ka poʻe nūhou i ka hoʻopau ʻana i loaʻa ʻole iā lākou. ʻO Kalikow, ʻoiai, ua mālama ʻo ia i kāna duplex Fifth Avenue, kāna moku moku a me ka ʻāina kahakai ma Montauk. ʻO kona kōkua nui ma ka hui waiwai, Richard NastiUa ʻae ʻia ʻo , ka mea i hele ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana o kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopiʻi i ka hoʻokūkū hoʻopunipuni, hoʻopili ʻia i ka lehulehu i ka wā e noho ana lāua ma ka New York Post.
Ua koi ʻia ʻo Nasti e haʻalele mai ka MTA no ka hoʻokele waiwai, akā hana nō naʻe no Kalikow.
Kākau i ka makahiki 2003 ma ka Downtown Express, mea kahiko Post beat reporter Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Jerry Tallmer pehea Kalikow
"Ua waiho mai i kahi aie o $4.5 miliona i ke aupuni i ka ʻauhau ʻole i uku ʻia (a i ʻole i hoʻouna ʻia) i ka ʻauhau, a me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka banekorupa - i kuke ʻia, ua maopopo mau iaʻu, me [Rupert] Murdoch. ʻO kēlā banekorupa i hiki ai i ka mea nona redux Murdoch ke holoi i ka ʻaelike o ka pepa me ka New York Newspaper Guild, hoʻoikaika i ka Post hui i ka hahau, wawahi i ka hui, a puhi i na lala Guild 287 a pau — hookahi o lakou, o ka lunahoomalu Harry Leykis, he mea paakiki a paa loa. Post limahana no 25 makahiki, ua make ʻo ia i ka maʻi puʻuwai ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu ma hope. ʻO Harry, e like me mākou a pau, ua loaʻa i nā kaukani kālā he nui o ka uku hoʻokaʻawale i hoʻopau ʻia i ka pō, mahalo i nā kānāwai panakalupa hui.
Ma mua o ka hahau ʻana, ʻo Kalikow haʻiʻia New York Magazine ka mea kākau ʻo Craig Horowitz "ʻAʻole mea nui ka loaʻa kālā. 'Ke hana nei au i kēia,' wahi āna, 'no ka mea, makemake wau e lilo kaʻu hoʻoilina i mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ke kālā.'
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