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Posted by brightonr68 on Wed Sep 16 22:54:17 2009, in response to Re: Full CBTC Shut Down Last Night, posted by arnine on Wed Sep 16 17:53:24 2009. "Sraphanger's Campaign are not union patsys (sorry but you shouldn't label anyone it ain't cool) as in the past they have sided against unions on issues."The straphangers campaign is part of NYPIRG which is a left leaning advocacy group that is largely funded by ripping off CUNY students(they take part of the student activity fees) and contributions from labor. 99.99999% of the time Straphangers have sided on key union issues. the biggest issue is they want more money from albany yet they don't fight to save money from easy changes that can be made in operations. They use their effort to sway pubic opinion against any real changes that save the mta money and in many cases improve rider experience METROCARD is a perfect example. The strapies were against it saying it would lead to more crime as it looked like a credit card and people would take out their wallets, money would be lost on the card because the is NO PHYSICAL TOKEN than riders could hold an feel. They would go to news outlet and state over an over the dangers of metrocard. Thier prediction turned out to be false but they have managed to keep some station agents bleeding the mta dry. there real motive was that they knew that it would lead to massive reductions and eventual closing of all token booths and the twu which contributes to NYPIRG. They do it covertly. The average number of rides on metrocard per purchase is probably about 15-20 vs people would but 1-2 tokens at at time prior to metrocard. I learned NYPIRG's dirty tricks when I volunteered to fight against the incinerator at Brooklyn Navy Yard in High School. They hid behind the vail of protecting the environment but the real issue is that jobs were being lost at the landfills if the incinerator opened. One of the leaders even told me that they need money to further there cause. Yeh pay for the hippy lawyers who sit around at NYPIRG all day doing little to nothing for the public good.. Our buddy Gene from straphangers camapign is a STAFF LAWYER. |
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