From USA Today:
The MTA on Friday insisted its last offer — which proposed 9% wage increase over three years and was rejected by the union — was its best.
The union had been asking 8% in each of three years. Currently, train operators, station agents and cleaners earn between $47,000 and $55,000 a year before overtime.
They are demanding a 24% raise over three years! I also heard on cable news that strikers want the retirement age reduced to 50. I haven't been able to confirm this.
The average salary in New York is $45,000.
3 comments:
Gosh David, if true, these demands are too steep. They far outflank the rate of inflation.
David, get a real job instead of appearing on TV calling yourself the Taxpayers Fed.That makes you feel pretty important being on TV. That's why people in the media do it.Like I've said before what the double H hockey sticks do you know about what it costs to run a province.
Time for the Reagan solution (a la air traffic controllers).
BTW, insightful commentary on the issue archie.
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