11/1 - The TWU are crazy, who get's a 10% raise?
I actually see that the Transit Worker's Union actually think they may have to strike to get their demands since their contract is up in two weeks. I don't know about you but a 10% raise every year for 3 years is outrageous. They also want to be able to retire after 20 years at age 50 and then be able to move to lower tax states to retire (while keeping their full benefits).Yeah Right.
Nobody else gets it like this. I don't care that the MTA has the wild mess surplus. As it is 45% of that surplus will be gone next year to pay for the CURRENT retirees of the MTA let alone a whole new bunch that would get to retire after 20 years. They don't want to have to come out of their bullet-proof boxes to give directions and pick up trash.
Right now I want to know what they do that actually deserves a 10 percent raise every year for 3 years. I think maybe they are just shooting high so it can get whittled down but right now they have no sympathy from me. They only are there to give maps to tourists, give directions to people who cannot read the map, and provide a bulletproof witness if you are getting stabbed right in front of the token booth (if you are at the end of the platform hopefully someone will identify you body before it is pushed off the platform in front of the next train).
LIST: What does a Transit Worker do.
Stuff I actually think (I know)
that (the most visually obvious) Transit Workers actually do.
I have only seen the Token Booth clerks reading books, eating meals, talking on cellphones, falling asleep, and telling me to go to the machine to buy my next metrocard. I don't think people should get 10 percent raises for sitting in a bulletproof box all day.
All the engineer has to do is stay on the rails, don't go forward if someone is on the tracks, don't move if someone is stuck in the door and not go so fast across the bridge they can fall off.
The conductor just has to open the doors, close the doors and yell at the people if someone is not letting the doors close. With the coming of more tech savvy trains they don't have to give us those incomprehensible announcements (no talking, more driving).
The other MTA employees serve no use and should be fired immediately (just kidding), except for bus drivers and track workers, the people who make sure the previously mentioned other people get paid, and the people who make sure the stairs aren't covered with ice in the winter and homeless people in the summer.
Again, unless the most visible of the TWU workers want to do a whole lot more work than they are currently doing now I think they should get paid with whatever they can collect standing with cups in the station. They can give any raise to the bus drivers, and people who actually have to do something difficult all day. Give me a reason to appreciate you guys and then maybe I will.
posted by T @ 11:35 PM
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