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Pressure's on: LTD strike won't be easy ride.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JAN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pressure's on: LTD strike won't be easy ride.(Government)("The ultimate weapon," if used, may exact heavy costs for both sides, experts say)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard

As workers and managers of the Lane Transit District approach the eve of a possible strike, neither side is likely to be sleeping well.

If the 227 drivers, mechanics and other workers go on strike Tuesday, they walk away from solid jobs and face the prospect of getting by on $100 a week in strike pay and whatever savings they've managed to squirrel away.

Transit district leaders, on the other hand, could pay a heavy political cost should a walkout create a community backlash.

"It's typically called the last resort or the ultimate weapon," said Bob Bussel, director of the Labor Education Resource Center at the University of Oregon. "And these days, there is a reluctance to do that."

Labor experts agree that the number of strikes across the nation has dropped sharply in the past decade as union membership continues its decline. And in today's U.S. labor market,...

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