Agreement may halt New York transit strike
Bob Morris @ Dec 22nd 2005 10:34 - Category: Unfiled
Let’s hope the agreement means the workers get to keep their pensions
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Edmund on 22 Dec 2005 at 10:53 am #
$47,000 starting salary? Retirement at 55? I have a hard time feeling anything for the workers when most of
the people they move from place to place are much worse off.
Bob on 22 Dec 2005 at 11:57 am #
From the “Five myths” linked to from our previous post.
“Newly hired workers start at $35,000 per year in gross (not take-home) pay. That’s way less than it takes to support a family in New York City. With prices of everything rising, the union’s demand for a 6% raise per year might keep up the increases in the cost of living.”
And because someone might make more than you, you shouldn’t ever support them in a fight? United we stand, divided we fall.