Things are much different in New York. Bus drivers make up to 63,000 dollars a year plus overtime. The fight is over pensions and discipline. Presently, I believe that transit workers can retire at 55 years old with 30 years of service. Management (and I) think this is overly generous and want new hires to be able to retire at 62.
If we are to ever see any type of pension reform this is at least a start. They all should have been fired.