NJTRailfan wrote:The MTA workers esp that dictoator tussaint is gettign really sleazy with these demands esp by pickign Christmas to do so. How dare they put working class Americans at a difficult position where they can't get to work and demand more then resonable of what they got! I' mgettign sick and tired of their costant whinnign sp sicne they make more cash a hell of alot better pensio nand medical befiits then I do i nthe US rmy. as you know branches of the Armed forces are paid no where near or benifits like those guys. Yet here I am Deployed in Iraq and the pay for an E-4(Sepcialist) even though tax free is abotu $40,000-$45,000 and thats with the raise that we are supposed to get alogn with the Hazard Pay. Yet these idiots make over $60,000.
You should be making more than you do. Instead of taking pot shots at other people who are working just as hard as you, why don't you do something about it. The military is another extremely disrespected group. You folks are making huge sacrifices, and getting shafted for it. Is that fair? No. It's not fair when it happens to ANYONE.
NJTRailfan wrote:They are just as greedy as the employees of Eastern Airlines where thsoe damn unions messed up a great airline alot mroe then the bum Frankie Lorenzo did. As a result EAL joined the airlien graveyard with Pan Am and TWA.
You clearly don't understand the purpose of a union. A union is there to fight for its employees, and the officials are elected to do so. Where would America be without them? Stop spouting conservative trash for a few mins and pick up a history book. Check out WHY labor organized -- seriously, you might learn something, rather than just insulting people all the time and calling them greedy and whiny.
1. If you were goign to strike please do your fellow Americans a favor and dson't piss peopel off by striking on a Holdiay like Christmas.
NJTRailfan wrote:2. There are people fighting for our country in Iraq and Afghanistan who don't make anywhere near that and we are loosign 4 or 5 guys a day and we are stationed out in hell holes like Ft Campbell, KY or Ft Polk Louisiana not in NYC where I woudl love to be right now. These sodliers are resposible for more people (Other US soldiers, Afghanistan and Iraqi Nationals) then yo ucan fit on the 7 train and yet somehow YOU are paid alot more then we do even on a tax free and hazard pay salary.
Here again, YOU should be making more, not them making less.
NJTRailfan wrote:But however I do agree that the MTA should fix up and have better workign considtions liek better bathrooms for employees and more of time for a bathroom/lunch break and not force female employees to use their sick leave and not have maternity leave. I also should think they shouldn't have to give 30 days notice jsut to have a day off. Even the retail field I worked in was no where near this ludicrous. Yes I did read the NY Post editiorial from this forum from an MTA employee. I do agree with them on quite a few things but not striking on Christmas and rejecting the city's offer for a pay raise is for the last offer is nuts.
So don't think I'm heartless towards the MTA employees.
People will think what they will think based on what you have said -- and most of it IS heartless. Everything out of your mouth is a dig at someone, and if "only we had Rudolf Giulliani to make things better." Why don't you tell me what the expected response is? I ask for more money -- money I deserve -- the city says no. What is my next move? I'd be walking off the job too. Just because the economy is horrible right now and they probably would not be able to find good jobs does not mean that the MTA can do whatever they want and have no action taken by employees. If the Taylor Law is going to outlaw strikes, where's the complementary ordinance preventing the MTA from attempting to low-ball workers on their next contract? How is that a fair fight? It's akin to a child fighting a huge adult, with one arm tied behind his back all the while. That's why unions came into existence.
It's a constant struggle with you -- your continued disdain for the little guy or the disadvantaged amazes me.
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