New Yorkers and the strike.

I can't help but laugh at the MTA workers' strike in New York. What happened to the famous liberalism of New Yorkers? Aren't these the people and the causes that progressive New Yorkers like to spout? But of course, if they get affected, it is not their cause anymore. The MTA workers' strike bought the subway and bus service to a halt and inconvenienced millions. But I thought unions and recognizing their right to strike is one of most passionate causes of New York liberals. Instead of joining them, they started criticizing them. Can we have some more sympathy for these poor workers please? So what if they are holding the city to ransom? I guess liberalism is fine as long as there are no strikes in your own back yard. Even the liberal media went against the workers. Editors and journalists cannot be made to go through hardships. That is when they stop being liberal. I can't help gloat that New Yorkers are finally getting a taste of the causes they espouse. I am of course against unions and strikes. Unions had their context and use but not any more. They are a relic from the past which needs to become extinct. Maybe that way, the US might not lose as many manufacturing jobs also.