Joe Eskenazi
Now we see the violence inherent in the system. Help! I'm being repressed!
High-decibel left-wing radical labor activist
Steve Zeltser is a ubiquitous presence during public comment at government meetings, early morning weekend gatherings of fellow left-wing radical labor activists, or anywhere labor strife and placard-waving converges.
The ubiquitous activist's
ubiquitous message? Tax the billionaires, tax the developers, tax the bankers, and nationalize the banks.
Whether one agrees with that message or not, it's an easy one to tune out when it comes so readily, so predictably, and so often -- even when it's shouted into one's ear from a mere meter away. But, today, the city is ensnarled in a massive public transit SNAFU
courtesy of a "sickout" orchestrated by Muni drivers,
disgruntled over contentious labor negotiations. Muni management is reporting that some two-thirds of its scheduled runs were not made today due to a sudden and massive outbreak of Muni Monday Malaise.
Packed buses resemble transports out of Saigon. Seventy-minute or more waiting times are par for the course. Proud non-car-owning San Francisco types are cursing themselves and summoning Uber.
So, when Zeltser called for an afternoon press conference today, people showed up. And, this time, they listened. His solution: