ouizy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
So here we sit, a city paralyzed by the fact that the Transit Workers Union has walked off the job in a strike.
No buses, trains, or any form of public transportation.
7.5 Million people use these methods of transport to get to work every day, and add to this freezing temperatures and the holiday season, and you just have to say, "Are you freaking kidding?"
Or at least I do.
Some people here are siding with the labor movement, but most are saying these workers are being irrational and greedy.
For those who don't know, the 'negotiations' with the MTA ended last night and a strike was called at 3:00AM.
The workers union wanted the following (plus more):
-8% guaranteed raises over the next three years.
-Retirement age for new employees to stay where it is now at 55
-New employees would not contribute to their health plan.
Now last night the MTA offered this:
-3%, then 4.5% then 3.5% guaranteed raises over the next three years
-Retirement age for new employees to stay where it is now at 55
-New employees would contribute 6% to their health plans.
Now don’t get me wrong, if workers are due something I fully believe in going after it, but I do not know any other line of work where you just demand what you want, and if you don’t get it, you walk off the job and strand millions of people. That is why there are laws against these people striking.
I also do not know where else you can retire at 55 to get a pension, and do not have to contribute to a health plan. Then to demand guaranteed 8% raises for three years is ludicrous.
I am basically frustrated because I not only have to find a way to get to work, I have to because a group of people are making irrational demands at the cost of millions, for things that most of us do not have ourselves.
Thoughts?
Anyone else in NYC – thoughts?
No buses, trains, or any form of public transportation.
7.5 Million people use these methods of transport to get to work every day, and add to this freezing temperatures and the holiday season, and you just have to say, "Are you freaking kidding?"
Or at least I do.
Some people here are siding with the labor movement, but most are saying these workers are being irrational and greedy.
For those who don't know, the 'negotiations' with the MTA ended last night and a strike was called at 3:00AM.
The workers union wanted the following (plus more):
-8% guaranteed raises over the next three years.
-Retirement age for new employees to stay where it is now at 55
-New employees would not contribute to their health plan.
Now last night the MTA offered this:
-3%, then 4.5% then 3.5% guaranteed raises over the next three years
-Retirement age for new employees to stay where it is now at 55
-New employees would contribute 6% to their health plans.
Now don’t get me wrong, if workers are due something I fully believe in going after it, but I do not know any other line of work where you just demand what you want, and if you don’t get it, you walk off the job and strand millions of people. That is why there are laws against these people striking.
I also do not know where else you can retire at 55 to get a pension, and do not have to contribute to a health plan. Then to demand guaranteed 8% raises for three years is ludicrous.
I am basically frustrated because I not only have to find a way to get to work, I have to because a group of people are making irrational demands at the cost of millions, for things that most of us do not have ourselves.
Thoughts?
Anyone else in NYC – thoughts?