[BC] Cable pricing and regulators

[Mike McCarthy]

If it were against the law to go on strike, like the MTA (and the ATC union 
during Reagan), then yes, those striking should be expose to loss of 
employment.  OTOH, there is federal law which states in private business 
that striking union members can't be fired merely for striking.

 From what my brother told me, the MTA union caved because the rank and 
file didn't have the stomach to take the $1M/day fines and bad PR for wages 
and issues new hires were going to encounter.  That and a LOT of people had 
issue with MTA bus drivers making more than many people with 4 year 
degrees.  Sorry, I too find it hard to stomach a bus driver making 
$100K/yr. straight time.

As for cable, it think this situation won't be as bad as some are painting 
it.  We don't get cable or DAB TV...so It's irrelevant to me.  BUT, the 
bottom line is this gives control of the TV(s) back to the parents who then 
can choose what their household is able to watch, not just what it watches 
across the board on all basic channels.

MM

At 09:10 AM 12/25/2005 -0700, Barry Mishkind wrote
>At 07:59 AM 12/25/05, Rich Wood wrote
>>------ At 12:55 AM 12/25/2005, DANA PUOPOLO wrote: -------
>>
>>>PS: Just wait until Joe Consumer finds out how cable is going to be charging
>>>them more for what they now get cheap thanks to Congress. I can count the
>>>seconds before this law gets changed back!
>>
>>"We're the government. We're here to help" needs updating. It should be 
>>"We're the government. We're here to raise your prices." That's usually 
>>the end result.
>
>         This whole business of a la carte selections
>         is a subterfuge, just like the phone companies
>         used "unit billing" to get people away from
>         flat rate phone service.
>
>         I only wonder how long it will be before a
>         subway ride in NYC is $3.  No matter the
>         posturing, I can't recall the MTA ever
>         standing up to the unions.
>
>         Now ... there was a time when a politician
>         simply fired public employees who went
>         on strike......
>
>
>
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