Should we walk if talks don’t lead to contract?

First - thousands of office cleaners and commercial building workers with the 32BJ Service Employees International Union voted to allow their bargaining committee to call a strike. That strike could have involved about 22,000 workers if there was a failure to reach a new contract by 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2012 - CBS Local - Dec 1, 2011. 

Second - workers at four Macy's stores in the New York City area have voted unanimously to authorize their union executive board to declare a strike if negotiations fail to produce a new contract by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday - Local 1-S - Crains New York Jun 13, 2011.

Third - Verizon Workers Vote to Authorize Strike - NY Times Jul 28, 2011. Forth - the drivers and mechanics of Westchester's ... of Transit Workers Union Local 100 voted Sunday to authorize a strike - Feb 26, 2012 NEW YORK (AP)

Is it time to look at all the options on the table since all workers within New York City have pointed repeatedly to walk out in the event that there is no contract - we are no different than the rest of the blue collar employees in New York City.

One thing that might help is if we start now to be more vocal about the stalled contract and how MTA does not want to agree to a fair contract under Joseph Lhota. It is time for us to begin TWU Local 100 campaign. His stance on TWU Local 100 members may be part of a negotiating tactic with the state, which is also slashing funding for MTA, but when you look at the whole picture, a more sinister and disheartening motivation emerges.