US labor- NYC transit union strike

[Johannes Schneider]

Nathan wrote:
> On another hand, though, public employees strikes do have a problematic
> class nature, since increasing transit worker wages often lead to
increasing
> fares on a mostly working class ridership - ie. decreasing income for
other
> workers.
This could be said for any product, that is bought by the working class (or
a product that is needed in the production process ). Judging from this
logic only strikes in 'luxury' industries have a 'class nature'.
> This makes public employees strikes a tougher issue to defend on
> pure class terms, although many are very justified on specific worker
> grievances.
Nathan, is this just a tactical issue (tougher to defend) or a principal one
(problematic class nature)?
Johannes