Greedy, selfish NYC transit workers threaten strike

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by TheStinger
there as bad as the leaches who drive tube trains in london

How much do they make?

[TheStinger]

£35,000 i think although that might be with overtime

[Chris 62]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
If they do "nothing," then why would a strike be problem?

Figure it out genius.

I would like to see this lot step up and do their jobs instead.

I have no idea why you quoted my post, outside of your usual attempts to try and cause an argument, but even you can't be stupid enough to think that transit work is either hazardous or difficult.

[C0ckney]

not very much, less than $70k at any rate...

[C0ckney]

stinger, i think that is with overtime, the basic salary is not nearly that much.

[Ned]

Caligastia, A fine is an insufficient deterent. I think it should be illegal for a public union to strike. The penalty ought to be confiscation of all assets and a dissolution of the union - plus everyone who participates in the strike should be fired.

BTW, if they privatized transit, I would have a completely different attitude.

[Chris 62]

Originally posted by Caligastia
Yes, they will be fined $1million a day if they strike.

They described on the news last night Cal, each worker that strikes will be fined x2 his dailey salary for each day they strike.

[C0ckney]

ouch.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Ned
Caligastia, A fine is an insufficient deterent. I think it should be illegal for a public union to strike. The penalty ought to be confiscation of all assets and a dissolution of the union - plus everyone who participates in the strike should be fired.

Under NY state law it already is illegal.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Chris 62
They described on the news last night Cal, each worker that strikes will be fined x2 his dailey salary for each day they strike.

Serves those ****ers right. I wish it was 10x.

[General Ludd]

How can you people ***** about how they do nothing and how they make too much money and then say they can't strike because the city will grind to a halt without them at the same time?



I think you're just upset you wasted years of your life in college chasing sports cars and easy money, and that someone who does hard honest work can achieve just as much, or even more, then you.

I bet you're all posting these messages from a cubicle at work, too.

[Chris 62]

Originally posted by Caligastia
Serves those ****ers right. I wish it was 10x.

I feel the same way.

How the hell are you going to get in the city?

Is that tram part of the MTA?

[Kropotkin]

You're supposed to be greedy and selfish in a capitalist economy. Oh well I guess that only counts if you're also rich already.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Osweld
and that someone who does hard honest work can achieve just as much, or even more, then you.

After three years on the job, a person driving a bus in New York City or cleaning a subway car makes about $50,000 a year base pay. That person gets -- ready? -- eight weeks off a year. Eight weeks, with full pay.

In addition, the worker only has to do one specific task each day, like clean two subway cars or something like that. After he or she is finished, they don't have anything else to do. So more workers have to be hired.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,72651,00.html

Could someone please tell me if this is true or just crap I heard flipping past Fox News?

[chequita guevara]

The thing about fines is, if the strike is victorious, the city can agree to forgo them. That's why if they do this, they do it all the way. I expect Bush would step in though and order them back to work within minutes.

Ned, public workers have just as much right to strike against their employers as private workers. A boss is a boss, and the fact that you are a government body shouldn't exempt you from dealing fairly with your employees and prevent them from striking when you don't. The public has no right to expect its servents to work as slaves.