Okay, now what?

[redbird]

The Transit Workers Union has rejected the proposed contract by a vote of 11,234 members against to 11,227 in favor. This means they and the MTA either go back to the bargaining table, or into arbitration.

Comments

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

Ouch! An outcome like that represents maximum pain for all concerned.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Seven votes? That's well into statistical noise. No provision for recount or revoting?

[redbird]

There's no rule anywhere, as far as I know, that calls for a revote if the outcome of an election is close. Certainly none in this case.

As of this morning, it's unclear whether the TWU leadership will try a recount. (The vote this time was by Internet and telephone, not paper ballots.)

[mneme]

Methinks that the TWU is in for a messy political struggle (well, that they're in the middle of a messy political struggle). Hopefully, there won't be too much -more- fallout (since seen through that lens, the strike was also part of internal politics) to those of us outside, but I wouldn't bet much on either direction.