I'm wondering if the transit workers strike in NYC, combined with the problems unions are causing for Delta, Ford, and GM, will create a general backlash against organized labor in this country. I know that the NYC transit workers are getting pretty much universally slammed, for the illegality of the strike, for the students who cannot get home for the holidays, for the people who can't get to work, for the parents that cannot get their kids to daycare, etc., etc., etc. These people are already making pretty good money for driving in circles, and the benefits packages I have seen seem generous. I hope Bloomberg fires them all.


Edit:
I did some more reading on the subject. I think maybe union might have a slight point on the salary thing, as the city has been holding up their contract forever since they aren't supposed to be able to strike. On the other hand, one of their major demands is to not raise the retirement age, which is currently somewhere in the 50's. That's ridiculous. Everyone is living longer, and is more active in "old age" than ever before. It's not fair or realistic to expect to only have to work half your life and live comfortably, especially when it will be done on the backs of the next generation, and they won't get the same security.

Intergenerational war on the horizon, perhaps?