Fire the hole lot of them...Air controller style

[JBA]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/20/D8EK78C02.html


It's said that the strike is costing NYC $400 million a day.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/19/D8EJITM00.html

......Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his weekly radio address Sunday, called a possible citywide strike "reprehensible" and said it would drain $400 million a day from the economy. .......

.....The union has opposed an MTA plan to raise the age at which a new employee becomes eligible for a full pension from 55 to 62. It is asking the state Public Employment Relations Board to rule that under state law, a dispute over pension benefits for new hires cannot be cited by management in declaring talks to be at an impasse

[BigGun]

I say fire em. Tell them either show up tomorow on time for work or you can reapply for your job if you would like. They are breaking the law by being on strike, and should be fired.

[Ripsnort]

Unions. Gotta love 'em!  Guess where most of those union dues go to?

[Gunslinger]

I couldnt agree more....fire the lot of them.


Just some food for thought.  I've never been to NY but from what my understanding is that not alot of people actually own cars there, alot of them utilize public transportation.....especialll y the poor.  

These jerks have some nerve trying to seek pity.

I have a 16 month old son who will be taken to day care today in his STROLLER. In 20 degree weather. I am paid hourly and will lose today's salary.

You have only hurt your fellow New Yorkers with this strike, mostly in our pockets. Do not expect any sympathy when you can not pay your fines.


and


I am disabled and dying from Kidney failure on a fixed income, thanks to your selfish strike I have no way of getting to my doctors office or to the hospital for surgery. If my health is affected by your deplorable actions I will not hesitate to sue your 'union'...

I like that people get to see what Unions really are, and what they really do. What private sector employee gets a mandatory 8% non-performancep-based raise each year? What private sector employee has a standard retirement age of 55? How does driving a train or a bus entitle someone to these types of benefits? And then when they don't get what they demand, they shut the city down and make us look like Paris.http://www.alarmingnews.com/archives/004117.html

[Lye-El]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
I couldnt agree more....fire the lot of them.


 

Seems they are important to the city. As such shouldn't they be compensated. There is more to worth than sitting behind a desk in an overpaid position. It seems you need them. I doubt they missed you.

[Habu]

Naaaa


Fire them and then post the jobs on Monster.com

I bet they get better quality workers than the old Union die hards who they got rid of.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Lye-El
Seems they are important to the city. As such shouldn't they be compensated. There is more to worth than sitting behind a desk in an overpaid position. It seems you need them. I doubt they missed you.

Well if I lived there they'd need me for a paycheck as much as I need them to get to work.  Either way they are breaking the law by striking and their demands are unreasonable.

I say fire them all and put up some help wanted signs.  Hire them back "Non-union" at 75% pay.

[doobs]

Living in the NYC metro area this strike blows, nothin is moving and the people who work in other industries in NYC are gettin killed, money wise.

The other thing is the huge crowds at Penn station is a suicide bombers wet dream waitin to happen. I hope it doesn't.

Tonite the westside highway was bumper to bumper from the battery to the GWB.

Hell the unions international is calling for them to go back to work.

[Skilless]

Originally posted by doobs
Living in the NYC metro area this strike blows, nothin is moving and the people who work in other industries in NYC are gettin killed, money wise.

The other thing is the huge crowds at Penn station is a suicide bombers wet dream waitin to happen. I hope it doesn't.

Tonite the westside highway was bumper to bumper from the battery to the GWB.

Hell the unions international is calling for them to go back to work.

Seeems like these people are a little more important than previously thought.  Perhaps their point has been proven.

[stiehl]

Doesn't bother me because I drive everywhere. Fire them.

[SOB]

Originally posted by Skilless
Seeems like these people are a little more important than previously thought.  Perhaps their point has been proven.

They're monkeys.  The only reason things ain't moving is because the city isn't bringing in new monkeys to replace the old ones.

[Widewing]

Originally posted by Lye-El
Seems they are important to the city. As such shouldn't they be compensated. There is more to worth than sitting behind a desk in an overpaid position. It seems you need them. I doubt they missed you.

The brother-in-law of a co-worker of mine is an MTA bus driver. Last year, with overtime, he grossed $72,000....

Now they demand an 8% increase, early retirement and relaxed discipline...

Bite me.....

Invoke the Taylor law and lose the lot of 'em.....  Ask my friend Fred, a former air controller, if illegal and harmful strikes are wise. Fred ended up a Miami firefighter after Reagan fired them all.

My regards,

Widewing

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by SOB
They're monkeys.  The only reason things ain't moving is because the city isn't bringing in new monkeys to replace the old ones.

couldnt agree more.


Just to give you perspective.  The military on average got a 3% pay raise for cost of living increase this year.  These guys want 8% plus sooner retirement.  It's asking way too much.  The union doesnt care about the city or the workers mainly because it's an illegal strike and the lot of them could get fired.  

Hire new monkeys.  

[lazs2]

It's a blue area... they are getting what they deserve.

lazs

[Delirium]

From what I gather, they want retirement at age 55 with full pension benefits they don't have to pay into.

With little more than ****ing high school diplomas...  it is incredibly laughable.