Greedy, selfish NYC transit workers threaten strike

[Boris Godunov]

Well, made it home okay...so we'll see!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Deal has been reached. They are reporting it now.

[uh Clem]

Gee, guess they weren't so greedy and selfish after all. Apologies, anyone?

[DanS]

God, they were wussie! All they did was take the 0% raise in the second year!

[Boris Godunov]

Huh?

From the news:

"The new, three-year deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would include a $1,000 lump-sum payment to workers in the first year, with 3 percent raises in each of the next two years, Toussaint said."

[Edan]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Huh?

From the news:

"The new, three-year deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would include a $1,000 lump-sum payment to workers in the first year, with 3 percent raises in each of the next two years, Toussaint said."

Which in effect is like getting part or all of the raise a year earlier (since the bonus is only for 1 year). So if you make 50k, for example, you get 51k the first year which is like a 2% increase. The second year, w/o any bonus, you get 51.5k, which is like a 1% increase compared to the previous year w/ bonus. It's simply a matter of perspective.

[Kepler]

1. Fining a specific worker who strikes is illegal -- you have to fine the union.

2. NYC spends hundreds of millions a year to coddle big business and wealthy businessmen who at the first sign of trouble cut and run, leaving nothing but unemployment, defaulted loans, and bankrupt partners. Until the city government stops sucking off the wealthy in exchange for whatever legal or illegal benefits they receive, I don't have any sympathy when they have trouble woith a union of guys who actually contribute to the city.

3. Public transit in NYC should be free. Cars and thee scourge of Manhattan and Brooklyn and should be driven out of existence there.

[Adam Smith]

Transit uses labor and capital resources, so it should not be free. The best solution is to charge cars the full social cost of their use. That means raising gas taxes and parking costs.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Kepler
3. Public transit in NYC should be free. Cars and thee scourge of Manhattan and Brooklyn and should be driven out of existence there.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing about L.A. just last week.

[Ben Kenobi]

"As to your claim that the British outlawed the slave trade for economic reasons, you're partially right. "

Thanks Imran for pointing out the sloppy writing to not clarify the difference between abolition of slavery, and the abolition of the slave trade. There is no way Britain could enforce abolition of the slave trade without a naval hegemony.

However, I'm not quite arguing that economic reasons drove abolition. Moral arguments convinced parliament to pass the anti-slavery bill in 1807. If one believes that a certain action is morally wrong, it also behooves said person to try to convince others.

Of course, Frigates help somewhat to convince other nations.