bogie and Jamie, thanks for the info. Should have guessed, it would have to be NYC.

Turning against unions was a bitter pill for me – I put myself through undergrad and my wife through grad school with very well paid Teamster’s Union Local 70 (Oakland, CA) jobs. The worm turned on my last job when I became a swing shift steward. I had to cover guys who were dead weight at best and thieving from the dock at worst. I didn’t really notice the “boys behaving badly” until I had to stick up for them, knowing I didn’t have a leg to stand on. I’m sure that our fine public employees don’t cut up rough like a bunch of Teamsters.