this mta strike in NYC

[Al Neri]

its completely ridiculous.

i work on wall st. i'm from NYC. my boss ridiculued everyone from NYC saying oh don't b ea pussy if you have to walk 50 blocks do it like a man. meanwhile he lives in jersey and takes a cushy private bus from his house. little does he know i run my department by myself and without me they're crippled :evil grin;


Update:
MTA Workers back tomorrow?

Too bad i took off 2 months ago

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179463,00.html

 

[raystorm]

So..tell him off. Tell him to swim to work from the Hudson. Of course you'll get fired but it would feel good to say that!

 

[sniperruff]

yeah 8%. they are freaking dreaming. greedy bastards.

 

[Zee]

What's ridiculous is the demands these workers are making. They probably are getting a better deal than you and your "college educated" job

 

[sigs3gv]

He can't get in NYC from 5AM-11AM unless he has 4 people in that cushy private bus.

 

[amdhunter]

Screw the MTA workers. I hope they all get fired and have to work minimum wage jobs. People who work for the NYC MTA are some of the laziest, rudest and unknowledgeable workers on the planet. :disgust:

 

[sigs3gv]

I hope it won't freeze up tomorrow. Ice + Strike = Bad traffic + crazy Gridlock

 

[DBL]

I'm telecommuting if there is a strike. I just told my boss. The thought of avoiding the commuting chaos makes me smile.

 

[Zim Hosein]

I hope there is a strike, I don't have class or work tomorrow!

 

[isasir]

This is really all you need to know. Ugh. Greedy union bastards.

The MTA proposed 6 percent raises spread over 27 months. The union, contending workers should get a share of the MTA?s $1 billion surplus, asked for an increase about four times that.

Train operators, station agents and cleaners earn between $47,000 and $55,000 a year before overtime.

 

[talyn00]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
its completely ridiculous.

i work on wall st. i'm from NYC. my boss ridiculued everyone from NYC saying oh don't b ea pussy if you have to walk 50 blocks do it like a man. meanwhile he lives in jersey and takes a cushy private bus from his house. little does he know i run my department by myself and without me they're crippled :evil grin;

What cushy private buses? The bus still probably only take you to Port Authority Bus Terminal and you still need to get to work from there. That's a good 50+ blocks there.

 

[Syringer]

I know the high school dropouts that work the windows at BART (Bay Area transit) who do nothing but sit around in their booths all day maybe helping someone every 20 minutes get $28 an hour. And they were threatening to strike too.

 

[Law]

I hope there is a strike, so I dont have to give my presentation tommorrow

 

[Qwest]

still waiting...i dont want to walk 3 miles to work tomorrow.

 

[talyn00]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I know the high school dropouts that work the windows at BART (Bay Area transit) who do nothing but sit around in their booths all day maybe helping someone every 20 minutes get $28 an hour. And they were threatening to strike too.

no one cares about the Bay Area Transit. We're talking about the NYC MTA. They threaten to strike every few years during contract negotations. And transit workers in NY can't legally strike, plus they will incur huge fines if they do. As a negotiation tactic it can either work for them or against them. It helps to bring attention to their cause, however if they do strike it can potentially backfire on them with city pissed off at them. I'm sure a strike will not occur, union members usually won't risk incurring the 25k fine. They might try to all call in sick.....

 

[enyce2k9]

28 an hour! thats nearly 50K/year u cant be serious.... or else ill be sure to sign up!

 

[talyn00]

http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/strike/

just in case

 

[vexingv]

the local news stations all have that little banner saying the mta is running. but the deadline has passed and there's no deal. it seems that the workers threatens strikes every few years.

 

[m2kewl]

the MTA and the union can all go to hell!

they're always fvcking bitching about $$$ in the transit system, or lack of - but the city service never improves. as a new yorker i should be allowed to shot both them biatches right in the face! :|

but DO strike, so i don't haveta work :evil:

 

[Qwest]

taking a cab tomorrow

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I just got back from a week in NYC on Monday. Was it just my imagination, or were they plating around with the schedules a bit. I took the 6 quite a bit and noticed that on at least half of my ~20 trips on it, they played around making it express as it got to midtown.

Anyway, no sympathy for thr workers here.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Was it just my imagination, or were they plating around with the schedules a bit.

Understatement of the millenia. The MTA has rapidly been getting steadly worse about that for about a year and a half now. And making local trains express and vice-versa is the least of it.

Late-nights (12-5) and weekends I'd say the chance of any given station south of Chambers street having the trains that are supposed to be there actually running AT ALL has been about 10-15% for all of 2005. IF the trains are running at a given station during those times there will be AT MOST 1 entrance open.

It's pretty obvious that the MTA is cutting costs beyond their limits, making sure they have less people than necessary working at any given time.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: talyn00
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/strike/

just in case

From that link:

Expect lines, long waits, and delays. MTA staff will regulate the flow of customers onto trains, but expect crowding.

So, the only difference from the status quo will be that MTA staff will be present?

 

[loup garou]

Ok, what a weird strike. Just the newly acquired private buslines? Not exactly a show of solidarity.

I think the MTA will offer and they'll settle for 4-4-4 before Tuesday though...oh well, now we get to sit on pins and needles another night...fvckers. :|

 

[rh71]

1) the word 'union' should be banned from this earth.
2) what's this I hear about them not having a contract for 3 years now ... and how is that important if they're still getting paid (obviously) ?