The Anchoress on the NYC Transport Workers Strike: "It’s an illegal strike. Writes Thom, “Apparently, the International Union that oversees this local one was against the strike, and advised against it, but the local overruled them. And now there is a lot of legal wrangling going on. The International Union might take way the local’s certification. It’s going to get ugly. The big sticking point seems to be pensions. The MTA wants new hires to fork over 6% of their pay for their pensions.”"

I think it would be best if the MTA declared bankruptcy, and then Bloomberg/ Pataki called in the National Guard. And all workers got fired.