When I've seen interviews with transit workers, most of them are wholeheartedly behind the strike.  Others say, "I wish our leadership had stayed at the bargaining table a little longer."  But they also say, "We elected them to fight for us, and they're doing what they need to do -- and we support them."

This is what organized labor is all about: putting your trust in your fellow workers to fight for all of us.  Is it inconvenient for average New Yorkers?  Sure.  It's even more inconvenient for transit workers who are being docked 2 days' pay for each 1 day they're off the job.  

They are sacrificing... for the idea that things SHOULDN'T get gradually worse and worse for each new generation of workers.  Roger Toussaint said, "We will not give up our unborn."  That is a noble principle, and I applaud the TWU for standing up for it.