MTA, NYC on strike stranding people in NYC

[Saltwater60]

I love it. No raises since 2022 why wouldn’t they go on strike? Highest inflationary period they have seen and no raises. I guess the good thing is the democrats finally are admitting the laws of economics apply. If they raise wages fairs will need to increase as well. I’m shocked by this. Of course the MTA head says they are the highest paid railroad workers in the country so they don’t need a raise. Has anyone considered they live in the highest priced city in the USA?

I don’t know the details but I love how the democrats always say pay your workers, but then they do not provide raises to their own.

Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike after MTA, unions fail to reach new contract

The strike stems from an inability to reach a deal on a new four-year contract. The MTA and unions agreed to the terms of the first three years, but disputes arose about the final year.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[JunkBoxFull]

Thats AWESOMENESS in action!!! heheheheheheheeee

 

[Brawny71]

Things seem to be going well in the NYC experiment. Strange the working class on this city haven’t gotten a cost of living raise from the people always talking about the people. Remember, Communism is all about a ruling class with dependent peasants to provide the labor; eliminating middle class.

 

[JunkBoxFull]

The "TEST" is off to a great start!

 

[stokes]

Really has nothing to do with NYC directly. The LI RR is state run and only terminates in NYC. It mainly serves Nassau and Suffolk counties.

 

[Celt]

Many of the Railroad employees i run into are some of the laziest people ive seen. Its literally like a mafia where they milk the tax payers for money to do little work. I have no use for unions for government employees. I see it first hand as a contractor that works hand in hand with MTA workers on a regular basis.

Its more like a welfare system where they assign 8 people to do a 1 man job, that the tax payers pay for. Its very poorly managed, and wasting tax dollars beyond belief.

 

[stokes]

Many of the Railroad employees i run into are some of the laziest people ive seen. Its literally like a mafia where they milk the tax payers for money to do little work. I have no use for unions for government employees. I see it first hand as a contractor that works hand in hand with MTA workers on a regular basis.

Its more like a welfare system where they assign 8 people to do a 1 man job, that the tax payers pay for. Its very poorly managed, and wasting tax dollars beyond belief.

You have no idea how bad it really is. Back around 1980 , a couple friends got jobs with the NYC transit and a couple other rail systems. One of them worked a "track work" train. They would start at 8am. Get to the station where they would load and board the work tarin. sit and have coffee etc til the train pulled out at 9. Got to the location about 11, work an hour or so and go to lunch, get back at 1 or 2, usually drunk, "work" til 3 when they had to pack up and head back.... and get an hour OT unloading the train just to load it up again the next morning. There was, and probably still is a big heroin problem in all the rail systems. I had friends that worked Amtrak, conrail, LIRR and NYC transit that were stone cold junkies. When they get caught they would just get sent to the farm and back to work. All three of them had multiple incidents. One guy, after the first time he got sent to the farm he got back and they gave him a job in the tower, cutting power when the crew called in a location, yep, he nodded out at the switch and a guy on the track got zapped, didnt die but got real fucked up. Think they fired him? Nope, farm and back to work. I have more stories, but you get the idea.

 

[stokes]

Its more like a welfare system where they assign 8 people to do a 1 man job,

Civil Service, white mans welfare.

 

[Saltwater60]

Many of the Railroad employees i run into are some of the laziest people ive seen. Its literally like a mafia where they milk the tax payers for money to do little work. I have no use for unions for government employees. I see it first hand as a contractor that works hand in hand with MTA workers on a regular basis.

Its more like a welfare system where they assign 8 people to do a 1 man job, that the tax payers pay for. Its very poorly managed, and wasting tax dollars beyond belief.

This is very possible. If true they should work to rectify this. However, not giving people raises for 5 years is not ok. If they are bad employees they should be removed.

 

[fresch]

You need to ask for a raise.
If no raise, you need to decide if you are going to get a new job or move to a new location.

 

[C3D]

Civil Service, white mans welfare.

You been to the DMV lately? I mean one of the state-run ones, not the county offices.

 

[JunkBoxFull]

Civil Service, white mans welfare.

 

[Darth]

Will this be called an “illegal and unsanctioned WILDCAT strike!” too?

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Good.

 

[VietnamEraVet]

Really has nothing to do with NYC directly. The LI RR is state run and only terminates in NYC. It mainly serves Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The majority of riders don’t take it to and from local stops on LI’s Nassau and Suffolk counties. It primarily serves people living on LI and who work in New York City.

 

[Robin]

Really has nothing to do with NYC directly. The LI RR is state run and only terminates in NYC. It mainly serves Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Okay, when the great reckoning comes, NYC can have those counties too. we will take the good citizens from that area that prefer to not live under the thumb of communism in exchange for the populations of Rochester, Syracuse, Albany. Niagara Falls, and we will throw in Ithaca at no extra charge.
Robin

 

[GOPerfect]

The overall average annual pay for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees is approximately \(\$98,000\)

 

[stokes]

The majority of riders don’t take it to and from local stops on LI’s Nassau and Suffolk counties. It primarily serves people living on LI and who work in New York City.

Yes, thats why I said "nothing to do with NYC directly". Its mainly a commuter line for Nassau and Suffolk counties. Not NYC residents. The title says "MTA, NYC on strike...." The MTA in NYC is not on strike..... yet.

 

[Saltwater60]

The overall average annual pay for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees is approximately \(\$98,000\)

And that’s likely near poverty for NYC area. I think wages should keep up with inflation. It’s a joke they haven’t received a raise in the past 5 years because it would cause an 8% increase in fairs. Oh well. An 8% increase in 5 years because of wage increases ain’t much. People either want the train or they don’t. If they can’t afford an 8% increase then the train isn’t very important to them.
In 2015-2023 the fair was $2.75
In 2024 it went up to $2.90
Then it’s now $3.00.
The raise would make it $3.25. I’m sure they can handle it.