I almost had my Mass Media final cancelled because of this. The professor showed up with 5 minutes left until the dean of students was going to let us go (the rule is 45 minutes).
What an awful (and probably intentional) time of year for this.
My commute wasn\'t very bad. A co-worker of mine also lives in Queens and has a car. We dragged our significant others (who did not have to report to work in the city today) along with us so we met the 4 person minimum. Traffic was congested headed to Manhattan but we were never at a standstill and once we crossed the river the traffic was light. The girls had a very quick and easy commute back out after dropping us off.
A lot of people stayed home today and the majority of those that ventured out were very well behaved. How long everyone will keep such a good attitude is hard to say.
Most people that I have chatted with feel that the TWU is being unreasonable. There are two demands that they have made that seem outrageous; a 24% pay increase over three years, and a mandatory reduction of the number of disciplinary actions launched against transit workers.
Their wages are artificially high at present, inflating the costs incurred of those who use the system.
I used to make less than the ticket collectors on Boston trains when I worked in Boston\'s financial district.
Their wages are artificially high at present, inflating the costs incurred of those who use the system.
I used to make less than the ticket collectors on Boston trains when I worked in Boston\'s financial district.
Elaborate please.
Cause if you are saying that a "1st day on the job" ticket collector made more than you, a greenhorn in the boston financial district, then I agree, that would seem quite inflated.
But if you\'re saying that the median pay scale for ticket collectors, which includes folks that have been on the job for 30+ years, is higher than yours, I\'d say suck it up ROOKIE, because in 10 years you\'ll be making more money than that ticket collector will ever make in his/her life. And whenyou\'re 38 and thinking about buying a vacation home, Mr. ticket collector will only be earning 6% more than he did 10 years ago.
metro north was on schedule, so walking 20 blocks downtown from grand central was no biggie. i actually kinda enjoyed it and am going to consider making that a permanent thing (it\'ll save me $76 bucks a month)
metro north was on schedule, so walking 20 blocks downtown from grand central was no biggie. i actually kinda enjoyed it and am going to consider making that a permanent thing (it\'ll save me $76 bucks a month)
And if you can do it in December, it probably doesn\'t get much tougher over the course of the year.
metro north was on schedule, so walking 20 blocks downtown from grand central was no biggie. i actually kinda enjoyed it and am going to consider making that a permanent thing (it\'ll save me $76 bucks a month)
you should have bought a bike a long time ago.
Their wages are artificially high at present, inflating the costs incurred of those who use the system.
I used to make less than the ticket collectors on Boston trains when I worked in Boston\'s financial district.
Elaborate please.
Cause if you are saying that a "1st day on the job" ticket collector made more than you, a greenhorn in the boston financial district, then I agree, that would seem quite inflated.
But if you\'re saying that the median pay scale for ticket collectors, which includes folks that have been on the job for 30+ years, is higher than yours, I\'d say suck it up ROOKIE, because in 10 years you\'ll be making more money than that ticket collector will ever make in his/her life. And whenyou\'re 38 and thinking about buying a vacation home, Mr. ticket collector will only be earning 6% more than he did 10 years ago.
Slim, I think you mixed too much Socialism with your marijuana
Hope to see you in Boston on Fri.
Their wages are artificially high at present, inflating the costs incurred of those who use the system.
I used to make less than the ticket collectors on Boston trains when I worked in Boston\'s financial district.
Elaborate please.
Cause if you are saying that a "1st day on the job" ticket collector made more than you, a greenhorn in the boston financial district, then I agree, that would seem quite inflated.
But if you\'re saying that the median pay scale for ticket collectors, which includes folks that have been on the job for 30+ years, is higher than yours, I\'d say suck it up ROOKIE, because in 10 years you\'ll be making more money than that ticket collector will ever make in his/her life. And whenyou\'re 38 and thinking about buying a vacation home, Mr. ticket collector will only be earning 6% more than he did 10 years ago.
Slim, I think you mixed too much Socialism with your marijuana
Hope to see you in Boston on Fri.
HAHA! You know it!
p.s. - i don\'t rock the weed.
fuckem all...
ill bury those cockroaches...
They have every right to strike. And rightfully so, the transit workers haven\'t had a raise in a long time and the transit companys only want to give them a raise based on inflation. I know most people here say
**** the common person but it is there right to strike if they feel they are not getting what they rightfully deserve. Put yourself in there shoes, what would you do?
And the timing of the strike is perfect. If the heads of transit want this to end then they know what to do.
They have every right to strike. And rightfully so, the transit workers haven\'t had a raise in a long time and the transit companys only want to give them a raise based on inflation. I know most people here say **** the common person but it is there right to strike if they feel they are not getting what they rightfully deserve. Put yourself in there shoes, what would you do?
And the timing of the strike is perfect. If the heads of transit want this to end then they know what to do.
No they do not have every right to strike. What they are doing is illegal. Just as Pres. Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers, in the \'80\'s, The Gov. of NY should do the same. It is one thing to use the union\'s power to get better wages. I am all for MOST unions. However in this case they are PUBLIC servants and they KNOW this taking the job. Holding the public hostage is ridiculous esp. in a city where mass transportation is sooo very important. They should all be brought up on contempt charges and fired!
just my thoughts.
no sense in arguing.
It is their constitutional right to strike. The public is inconvienced, yes. But, do the workers not have a right to stand up for their job and ask for money above inflation rate?
Why is it illegal what they are doing?
I think many people have no sense in what unions have accomplished for working class people. If you like weekends, thank the union. You like holidays, thank the union. The point is that in this country, if you don\'t like the way things are being done, its your right to fight. This country has gone sloth and has accepted it. Take a look at other countries, a country where they don\'t like there leader and most of the time, they go to the streets to protest. We hardly do that anymore in this country.
Apologize for the rant.
The TWU is in violation of the law and spitzer et al are already filing motions against the union. The union is denied the right to strike according to the law and to piggyback on leiths analogy about reagan, bloomberg is talking about hurting the union much like reagan did.
The problem is two-fold however. The MTA is so mismanaged I feel for the workers but asking for 26% raises and the salaries these folks make is pretty big for doing a job that really doesn\'t require skills.
Getting paid 40k+ to sweep train platforms and that kind of stuff is huge money. On top of that they want the garuntee of retirement at 55 with full medical benefits.
Their gig is almost as good or better than being a postal worker.
I would be lucky if someone garunteed me anything in this world.
The mismanagement is crazy. they were caught cooking the books just 2 years ago when they tried to raise the rates. a Judge put a temp hold on it but eventualy it went through. Commuters are the ones that end up suffering. We get ever increasing rates with ever decreasing services.
They have removed ticket takers and put in automated machines for it but the prices didn\'t go down.
