Posted on 12/22/2005 4:53:12 AM PST by COUNTrecount
What exactly are they striking for?
Respect.(No kidding.)
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Is Roger an American citizen?
I have been known to leave a $5 tip on a cup of coffee served by an attractive wench.
This strike is great. It begins the great divide between liberals and unions.
Good question.
So what is Hillary saying about the strike?
Not so great if you're there, living through it.When families trying to be together on Christmas and Channukah can't because there is no way to travel this will get even uglier than it is already.
Hillary - haven't seen her in awhile...maybe she's off having a thigh reduction or something.
The cell phone reception from her limo must be bad. No statement. She must still be trying to triangulate a message to the poor unwashed.
Currrent retirement is 55 and the salary for a bus driver is $63,000 (not counting overtime), all medical and pension are covered by the city.
The city wants new hires to go to 62 for full retirement and pay 6% towards their retirement and medical. They're offering staggered salary increases on the order of 5,4 and 3% over the next 3 years.
The union wants retirement for all workers at 50 with full benefits, no change in pension or medical and 8% per year annual raises.
Respect my ass. This is a Hugo Chavez or Evo Morales in the making, with regular worship at the shrine of Fidel thrown in. The object is to do damage to the American economy, whatever the cost to New Yorkers or the union workers. They don't know it yet but these city employees have just been turned into canon fodder for the worldwide revolutionary forces attempting to take down the United States. The more of them that die the better, so far as Toussaint and his cronies are concerned. They require a few martyrs to get the attention of the media.
No one calls Martin Luther King a thug? Well he was an adulterer and plagiarist. He stole pages of his dissertation from someone else and the FBI documented scores of women. Being a thug would be an upgrade.
Exactly. She will say that the strike is unfortunate and causing tremendous hardship. However, she hopes that the MTA and the city can resolve their differences quickly with a win-win solution.
WOW!!! WHere do I sign up????
My guess is that he's getting ready to call some favors to garner support to run for public office in New York City.
You do not have to be a citizen to work for the MTA so it is a very good question.
Today's Mafia.
The court has ruled that this strike is illegal. If Bloomberg was worth the powder it would take to blow him up, he would fire EVERYONE of the strikers and hire some people that want to work. A "million dollars" a day fine, that will never be paid ain't gonna cure the problem.
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