Originally posted by mikemike
The NYP is reporting that the poor response to the blizzard was a passive aggressive protest by unions over budget cuts. I won't say that this is fact because it has not been officially confirmed by the union and the NYP is a Murdoch rag with a spotted history of poor fact checking.
But if it is true, is this ethical for unions to put their priorities above public safety?
I know that at least 1 baby died because ambulances were snarled in the snowy streets.
Its one thing to go on strike against a manufacturer over wages but another when you are dealing with sabotaging infrastructure and emergency response I think that if this is confirmed the bosses should be charged with manslaughter.
New Yorkers should be out shoveling their own darn roads, not waiting for the nanny state to "help them"........ (MAJOR Sarcasm)
Quote: It is as much a part of a New York City blizzard as slush and cold and the color white itself: postblizzard outrage over the municipal response to said blizzard. One can imagine the very earliest settlers of New Amsterdam railed at their Dutch leaders after blizzards. The path to my farm is not plowed! It’s been three days! Het sneeuwt!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/nyregion/31outrage.html
And BP should have "paid attention" before killing 11 people.........
There all sad and unnecessary in a sense..........