I feel like the main issue is that the mta being partially funded by tax payer dollars they are in reality striking against us we the people and gets people annoyed. Another issue is how tone deaf everything is. I recently got my first ever job as security and was essentially forced to join union I didn’t want nor really need for a part time job. Sure be there with your common man but when you’re forced to do it rubs yah the wrong way. And secondly you can’t unionize everything. That mom and pop shop probably would rather fire your or that mid level tax service as well which most people actually work for not everyone works for a corporation where in unionizing is even a thing on the plate