jtr1962 wrote:The MTA is paying their workers enough. Like I said, if they want more work with management on ways to increase productivity rather than running to the union demanding wage increases.
I agree with this, unfortunately I don't think it will every happen any differently.
jtr1962 wrote:And don't use scare tactics like running misleading commercials saying how dangerous productivity enhancements like phasing out through attrition, not firing, conductors or token clerks is. It seems that the sole justification for keepin token clerks now is to "call for help". I'd rather the MTA just put a cop or two on every station who can actually help instead. Ditto for conductors. We already have lots of cops in trains and on stations anyway.
Agree...I for one think that the MTA did an admirable job not firing token booth attendants now that their jobs are obselete for the most part. Using these employees to fill in other areas of the MTA that need more employees seems like common sense to me, yet the union continues to argue this point. Would they rather see these employees fired instead of relocated?
jtr1962 wrote:The union should remember that the MTA is not an employment agency for the workers and their children. They should be able to move people around and cut positions as they see fit.
This is the key point of my argument as well, the union doesn't seem to understand that they work for the MTA, it's not the other way around. The MTA is the one signing their checks after all.
jtr1962 wrote:Also, funny how without a union there are workers who get more than these transit workers. How do they do it? Easy-they justify their pay in terms of what they know and/or their productivity. That's what I meant about acting like a professional. That's the reason I would never work for a labor union. I don't want my pay increases limited to what the union can negotiate. I want them limited by how much I can prove to my employer that I'm worth. If I make someone else look bad in the process tough. It's not my place to hold back so someone else can not look bad. If my current employer fails to pay me what I'm really worth I can always leave. And if nobody pays me what I think I'm worth then maybe I have an unrealistic picture of how much I should be paid.
What an excellent point. Unions are always known to be notorius for this. Unions exist in my mind as cover-up agencies. As was posted several times by others already, there are so many occasions when union workers get upset with other workers for working too hard, too fast, or whatever. They know that they can't really be fired very easily, they know they'll always get guaranteed wage increases when the union argues for them, what is their motivation to work? A non-union worker has to show that he is worth what his company is paying him, and that is the way it should be.
"Please do not attempt to board the train until it has arrived in the station. Thank you."
"Use Track 5 for the 5:17 local train to Raritan which has just departed."
Or something...