That’s America

The Post reports that transit union officials are selling autographed copies of the posters carried on the picket lines during their recent (illegal!) strike:

A top union official is trying to “strike” it rich by selling autographed copies of the walkout posters transit workers carried on the picket line.

Eladio Diaz, who brags he was the Transit Workers Union Local 100 “executive board member who made the motion” to strike, says the placard is signed by him and a slew of board members and other union reps.

With the posters currently going for $15, Diaz is unlikely to make a dent in the millions in fines faced by Local 100 and its members, but New Yorkers and transit officials said it was outrageous to profiteer from the strike.

“I think it’s totally inappropriate. It appears they’re gloating,” said MTA board member Frank Powers.

“There’s nothing to be proud of. Look at the discomfort they caused the city. They should be ashamed of themselves,” he added.

But Powers said he’s not surprised because “this is America.”