#strike transport

[newyorkthegoldenage]

These Brooklynites use a motor scooter for their transportation to work as a strike of subway employees continued into the second day, December 10, 1957. From left: Ronnie Harron, George Nicholson, Peter Garland, and John Avildsen (yes, the future film director). Instead of pushing into whatever subway trains were still running, the quartet squeezed onto the scooter for their above-ground ride.

Photo: Associated Press via News19

[allthecanadianpolitics]

In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year. In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties failed to agree on a new contract before the midnight deadline. The impasse also affects tens of thousands of commuters in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, whose lines run on CPKC-owned tracks. Without traffic controllers to dispatch them, passenger trains cannot run on those rails. Pressure from industry groups and government to resolve the bargaining impasse has been mounting for weeks, with calls to hash out a resolution likely to ratchet up further now the work stoppage has begun.

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[star-wars-forever]

The First Transport is Away

[walkingstackofbooks]

I've just realised I've never posted about Tom Paris/Julian Bashir because I was avoiding posting about Voyager when I was watching it...

But yea - Tom/Julian??? They'd burn fast and hard but I think they'd have an absolutely excellent time of it while it lasted

Honestly it's mostly just vibes but also:

They'd both be as into holo adventures as the other (though admittedly they both have a bit of a problem not being the main character)

Common interest in 20th century media

Tom definitely wouldn't give a shit about Julian's augmentations, and quite honestly once he's done his research, I think he'd be pretty righteously angry about it all.

Both pretty happy to be left alone to their hyperfixation for a long time (honestly I can see Julian taking research to the cargo bay while Tom tinkers and both just doing their thing in silence)

Neither expecting anything more than a short fling (and are surprised when it lasts that little bit longer) (okay this isn't a good reason but tell me I'm wrong)

Bad at communication (it's fine if neither of them want to talk about their feelings right?)

No actually tbf Tom's kind of pushy about getting others to open up and I think Julian would genuinely appreciate it overall, even if sometimes not in the moment

Not sure how it would work vice versa but Julian's more amused by defensive secrecy than anything imo

I hate to say it, but lbr... doctor/nurse roleplay. (Hopefully not in the actual infirmary but if for some reason they were both on a long, dull shift, I'm not sure I'd count on their combined willpower to keep them out of mischief...)

(Of course because it's me the augment reveal comes out because Julian's volunteered himself to play Chaotica in the holosuite because it was quite fun the last time... The plot just happens to be about him trying to take over the world with genetically engineered superhumans, and yea, that hits just a LITTLE bit too close to home 😅😅😅)

[butch-errant]

I love how shitty us trains are

[iww-gnv]

A union representing Southwest Airlines flight attendants voted to authorize a strike Tuesday, after the members rejected a contract deal put forward by the union in December. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556 announced that 98 percent of its members voted to authorize a strike, the first strike authorization in its history. The union represents more than 15,000 Southwest flight attendants across 11 different bases.

[masked-disciple]

Update: Union has permission from the government, we're going on a full strike.

I have literally no idea how this is supposed to work. Tomorrow I must go find my union rep and ask!

[georgefairbrother]

In July 1957, BBC News reported that a strike by regional busmen had turned nasty.

"…There have been violent scenes around Britain as the strike by busmen in the English regions enters its fourth day. In some instances strike-breaking drivers were attacked and vehicles vandalised, including those with passengers on board. In Derbyshire one driver, Basil Flint, had to be taken to hospital after being hit in the stomach with an iron bar. Another driver, Harry Davies, said he was overpowered and pulled from his bus on the road between Hemsworth and Wakefield in Yorkshire…"

Mr Davies told the BBC that, having been dragged out of his bus, he was punched in the face and kicked in the stomach, and while he was lying on the ground, his attackers smashed the bus lights and windows.

A spokesman for the Transport and General Workers’ Union distanced the union from the violence, although perhaps not all that convincingly, stating, "I have no comment on that because I have heard it only from the Press but I am sure our members are not involved…"

Around 100 000 bus employees from provincial companies were demanding a one pound per week pay rise, however employers were offering three shillings, which, they argued, in light of recent pay rises, was keeping up with cost of living increases.

Unfortunately for the strikers, their actions appeared to have little impact. Train travel increased by 25%, there was an upsurge in carpooling, and many employers provided coaches to shuttle their workers to and from railway stations.

The Manchester Guardian reported,

"...The busmen's strike erupted into outbreaks of violence in towns and villages all over Britain yesterday but it had little effect on industry. Factories, offices, and mines were virtually fully staffed almost everywhere..."

The Guardian also took a strong editorial line against the violence;

"…The men employed to drive and conduct provincial buses have the right of all free men to withdraw their labour if they want to, but anyone who wishes to take a coach or lorry load of passengers through a strike-bound town has an equal right to go about his business peaceably. The violence with which the busmen's pickets in some places have tried, and in some cases succeeded, in driving other people off the road is not only unlawful but alien to every tradition of decent trade unionism. A strike gives no man or group of men a licence for banditry…British trade unions have a long and honourable record of conducting industrial disputes without violence, and it is as much in the interests of trade unionism as of the rest of society that attempts to use violence during a strike should be put down with the utmost firmness..."

The matter was referred to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, which awarded the bus employees a rise of 11 shillings, and everyone went back to work.

[steelycunt]

need to stop writing my shopping lists on my phone and start writing them on bits of scrap paper again for the romance of it all

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"DEPLOYED AS WEAPONS OF TERROR…"

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1500x2324 -- Spotlight at a look inside an Imperial AT-AT, a.k.a., All Terrain Armored Transport, from "STAR WARS: Incredible Cross-Sections" (1998) by David West Reynolds. DK Books. Artwork by Hans Jenssen & Richard Chasemore.

"Deployed as weapons of terror, the gigantic Imperial All Terrain Armored Transport walkers advance inexorably on the battlefield like unstoppable giants. These behemoth monsters are shielded with heavy armor cladding, making them invulnerable to all but the heaviest turbolaser weaponry."

-- "STAR WARS: Incredible Cross Sections," published 1998 by DK Books

Source: https://mediachomp.com/at-at-from-star-wars-cross-section/

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Brooklyn women working in Manhattan department stores jump on the back of one of the store's trucks and ride home, not in comfort, but they ride, and that is better than walking, September 7, 1920. The B.R.T. strike made riding a difficult question, especially during rush hours.

Photo: George Rinhart via Corbis/Getty Images/ny1920

[allthecanadianpolitics]

An 18 day strike by��HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver has come to an end. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724, the union which represents more than 600 workers, says it has reached a tentative agreement with Transdev, the company that operates the door-to-door transit service on behalf of TransLink. In a media release shared Friday, ATU Local 1724 President Joe McCann shared the news with members. “We now have a fair and just contract that narrows the gap between us and conventional transit. It also ensures a safe and reliable transit system for our HandyDART riders who rely on this critical service,” said McCann.

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[spearxwind]

Aauuuggghhhh i wanna talk abt broken horizon so bad i wanna make refs for the rest of the characters but i need to nail a couple designs still

[liatorii]

Mandatory attendance is literally one of life’s great evils

[mantisgodsdomain]

We think we're going to need to make a "fancy writing implements" tag or something. We appear to be acquiring an unexpected amount of them at this time.

[swtechspecs]

Gallofree Yards GR-75 Medium Transport ("Rebel Transport")

Source: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Del Rey, 1996)