Metro Bus driver highest paid city employee $160,000

[jetbluedog]

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[JoeMerchant]

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Remember in November...

 

[Jar Jar]

Remember in November...

oh yea cuz the other guys are going to fix it, right?

 

[likeitis]

oh yea cuz the other guys are going to fix it, right?

These same people bitched that you couldn't stop the bonuses to Wall Street crooks because it was violating their contracts and it would lead to a bad precedent where contracts wouldn't be honored. Now they think if Republicans are in power they can change these labor contracts. How are they going to do that? Ignore a contract?

 

[buscap]

Remember in November...

So what exactly needs fixed in November...?

As a card carrying union member, you should applaud this, and whether you like it or not your AFLCIO affiliation made it possible.

Public service employees should, and generally do, have the same access to collective bargaining as the rest of us.

Or should collective bargaining and unions be made illegal? Is that your point?

 

[Flyprdu]

So what exactly needs fixed in November...?

As a card carrying union member, you should applaud this, and whether you like it or not your AFLCIO affiliation made it possible.

Public service employees should, and generally do, have the same access to collective bargaining as the rest of us.

Or should collective bargaining and unions be made illegal? Is that your point?

+1

There is a collective race to the bottom driven by jealousy and short-sighted thinking. Conservatives, and those who wrongfully support them, would gladly cut this person's salary by 3/4 and then pass the savings onto the wealthy who tuck it away in their accounts or spend it overseas.

Great thinking. Their kind will be the end of us all.

 

[j3tdr1v3r]

+1

There is a collective race to the bottom driven by jealousy and short-sighted thinking. Conservatives, and those who wrongfully support them, would gladly cut this person's salary by 3/4 and then pass the savings onto the wealthy who tuck it away in their accounts or spend it overseas.

Great thinking. Their kind will be the end of us all.

-1

There is a collective race to destroy the producers of society driven by jealousy and short-sighted thinking. Liberals, and those who wrongfully support them would gladly raise every public employees salary to this and higher then pass the cost on to the entrepreneur and the tax-payer thus driving businesses out of business or overseas. This will in turn create an ever more dependent society as more and more jobs are unsustainable in the domestic market.

Great thinking. Their kind will be the the end of us all.

 

[ultrarunner]

Great article. Goes so show what a strong union can do for it's members. An airline union member should be so lucky....

 

[WMUSIGPI]

-1

There is a collective race to destroy the producers of society driven by jealousy and short-sighted thinking. Liberals, and those who wrongfully support them would gladly raise every public employees salary to this and higher then pass the cost on to the entrepreneur and the tax-payer thus driving businesses out of business or overseas. This will in turn create an ever more dependent society as more and more jobs are unsustainable in the domestic market.

Great thinking. Their kind will be the the end of us all.

And the last 2 posts is why I listen to Govenor Jessie, "The Body", Ventura. He won't endorse or vote for ANY Republican OR Democrat. They are BOTH the problem. It's time to kick them all out. Their only goal is reelection not the betterment of the country.

 

[JoeMerchant]

So what exactly needs fixed in November...?

As a card carrying union member, you should applaud this, and whether you like it or not your AFLCIO affiliation made it possible.

Public service employees should, and generally do, have the same access to collective bargaining as the rest of us.

Or should collective bargaining and unions be made illegal? Is that your point?

If you want to become Greece, then there isn't a problem with this. How are we going to pay for these generous pay and retirement packages for public workers?

Why should I applaud this? I and you and the rest of us have to pay for this. Public sector unions have over played their hand, and it is going to be the next financial train wreck.