This Philly transit strike has me wound up.

[apcalc]

We need Philly to win PA. People need transportation to the polls! Yikes. Ugh.

[LisaL]

1. Me too.

[femmocrat]

2. Oh crap. Didn't know that.

Any chance they will settle before election day?

[apcalc]

3. Dunno-just started...

[vdogg]

4. This should calm your nerves.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/us/philadelphia-transit-strike/index.html

SEPTA hopeful of agreement before Election day
SEPTA, in a statement, said it was "hopeful that a tentative agreement will be reached before Election Day."
"If we foresee an agreement will not come to pass, SEPTA intends to enjoin the strike for November 8 to ensure that the strike does not prevent any voters from getting to the polls and exercising their right to vote."

I am generally supportive of unions, but this is the type of shit that makes them lose stature in the public eye. You do not go on strike the eve of the most important election in decades and leave your supporters, Democrats, with no way to get to the polls and exercise their right to vote. This is going to turn A Lot of dems off. They are really playing with fire here.

[BobbyDrake]

8. A strike timed to impact as few people as possible is a bad strike.

And I say this as someone who had to walk 16 blocks to work today through Philadelphia because I didn't find out this was happening until it was too late.

The purpose of a strike is to raise awareness of the circumstances or reasons motivating the workers to strike in the first place. A strike is not supposed to be "convenient." It certainly isn't for the people who would rather be working than striking, but just can't stomach the status quo any longer.

Some historical perspective, too: the last transit strike in 2009 ended after 6 days. Keep calm.

[vdogg]

9. Here's the scenario

Very low turnout in Philly due to people not being able to make it to polls=Republican rout in statewide elections=union busting majorities in the state legislature (more so than now) and a Republican governor (I know the election isn't this year, just using it as an example). Not saying they shouldn't organize, just saying that striking around election time is counterproductive.

[EL34x4]

5. Pennsylvania is basically Philly surrounded by a massive sea of red.

Fortunately for us, cows can't vote but without a way to get to the polls on election day, a lot of Philadelphians might not be voting either.

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[tallahasseedem]

6. A lot of polling places

in Philly are near places of residence, so a SEPTA strike shouldn't have too much of an impact. I will say that my brothers and sisters from the next town over will do everything in their power to put this clown away. They come out BIG in every election!

[apcalc]

7. Hope you are right...