Philadelphia transit unions go on strike

Commuters who rely on the city's buses, subways and trolleys were forced to walk, hitch rides and take taxis to work Monday after thousands of city transit workers went on strike. In a city where one in three households lacks a car, about 920,000 trips are taken on a typical weekday along the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority lines shut down by the strike. The city prepared for the strike by setting up extra bike racks, encouraging car pooling and allowing more parking. Even though people had to find a new way of transportation, most students and teachers were still making it to school. The reason for the strike is the union leaders rejected the agency's health care offer, which would have required employees to pay 5% of the premium, where workers currently pay nothing. Since workers are on strike because of the health care premium, will this cause workers to want to spill over to another market where there is no health care premium?