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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Jul 27 12:14:40 2012, in response to Re: MTA workers' union: We want more money, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Jul 26 22:09:33 2012. How were they supposed to live in the meantime?Unemployment probably helped for 6 months. You've kindof missed my point though... in the private sector laid off people don't get that first priority for re-hire. They also do not need to take seniority into account for layoffs. I know someone who was laid off and did not get re-hired (after 20 years of service to a private company). I think that leaves a worse taste in your mouth, no? With exception to wages, working in private industry is generally worse than public employment. That is the trade off that has been present for as long as I can remember. So yes, asking for every employee to get a raise after getting continuous raises during a recession is too much. This money does not grow on trees, it will come in the form of fare hikes, tax hikes or service cuts, none of which is very helpful in restoring economic activity (though it would be nice if it could be entirely covered by reducing O/T opportunities). Much of the public sector in NYS is already in the middle of a 3 year wage freeze, same for federal employees. While "everyone else is getting screwed over, so should you" isn't much of an argument, it is what makes TWU appear greedy to outsiders. The cost of living did not increase by 10% over the past 3 years (while CPI isn't the best measure it's the easiest one to find at the moment), so consider that raise as an "advance" on the next 3 years of costs of living. |
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