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	<title>Comments on: Greedy Transit Workers Or Inept Transit Management?</title>
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		<title>By: marijuana vaporizer video</title>
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		<dc:creator>marijuana vaporizer video</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very thought-provoking idea. I intend to return to this site soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very thought-provoking idea. I intend to return to this site soon.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy Fallon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy Fallon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even with a 6% pension contribution, these transit workers contribute less than 95% of all America workforce.

Oh, woe is us, the greedy transit workers, who insist on 8% raise per year.  OMFG... I haven&#039;t had a raise in 6 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even with a 6% pension contribution, these transit workers contribute less than 95% of all America workforce.</p>
<p>Oh, woe is us, the greedy transit workers, who insist on 8% raise per year.  OMFG&#8230; I haven&#8217;t had a raise in 6 years.</p>
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		<title>By: esther kamhi</title>
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		<dc:creator>esther kamhi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The TWU under Roger Toussaint have cut of their nose to spite their face!They have also crippled their fellow working man!

      If there is an injustice in pension benefits aimed at the newly hired workers, sit down at the bargaining table and discuss it in a civil way. Negotiations are the answer. Taking out anger on innocent hard-working people, angering political leaders and facing severe fines and possible jail terms is not the answer. Let&#039;s be civil not
cruel!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The TWU under Roger Toussaint have cut of their nose to spite their face!They have also crippled their fellow working man!</p>
<p>      If there is an injustice in pension benefits aimed at the newly hired workers, sit down at the bargaining table and discuss it in a civil way. Negotiations are the answer. Taking out anger on innocent hard-working people, angering political leaders and facing severe fines and possible jail terms is not the answer. Let&#8217;s be civil not<br />
cruel!</p>
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		<title>By: Cydney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cydney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree. Plenty of people want, need and would be grateful to work for the MTA. They make more than us hospital workers who are required to have advanced college degrees for our jobs. Fire them because I would like their cushy job!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree. Plenty of people want, need and would be grateful to work for the MTA. They make more than us hospital workers who are required to have advanced college degrees for our jobs. Fire them because I would like their cushy job!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Don Rees</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don Rees</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that the transit workers should be fired and hire new replacements.  They should have been  thankful for their wages and benefits package.  Everyone is going to have to contribute a little more toward Health Insurance, so they need to suck it up and not cause so much financial heartache to the people of New York.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the transit workers should be fired and hire new replacements.  They should have been  thankful for their wages and benefits package.  Everyone is going to have to contribute a little more toward Health Insurance, so they need to suck it up and not cause so much financial heartache to the people of New York.</p>
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		<title>By: Current Job Seeker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Current Job Seeker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fire the greedy transit workers - and start hiring new people, people who&#039;d just be grateful they have a J-O-B, forget about the extra benefits (like unlimited OT, etc.!!)Teach a lesson to all the greedy people in the world.  Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fire the greedy transit workers &#8211; and start hiring new people, people who&#8217;d just be grateful they have a J-O-B, forget about the extra benefits (like unlimited OT, etc.!!)Teach a lesson to all the greedy people in the world.  Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, there is inflation.

Unfortunately, &quot;they&quot; get more every year.  But it all goes to higher pension and health care costs for the retirees, which active workers cannot see and do not appreciate.  Hence -- high and rising labor costs, plus disgruntled employees and difficulty in hiring in skilled trades.  That&#039;s public sector magic for you, and it might cause a strike.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, there is inflation.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, &#8220;they&#8221; get more every year.  But it all goes to higher pension and health care costs for the retirees, which active workers cannot see and do not appreciate.  Hence &#8212; high and rising labor costs, plus disgruntled employees and difficulty in hiring in skilled trades.  That&#8217;s public sector magic for you, and it might cause a strike.</p>
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		<title>By: greg</title>
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		<dc:creator>greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just don&#039;t see how on earth they deserve more...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just don&#8217;t see how on earth they deserve more&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, I do not agree that a strike this time of year is more damaging than at other times.  More aggravating, perhaps, but not more damaging.  Productivity at work is down this time of year.  People could shop closer to home.

In fact, if a two-week strike led to the union being hit so hard that there was no possibiity of any additional job actions for another 25 years, that would be less damaging that a threat of a strike every three years, in my opinion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, I do not agree that a strike this time of year is more damaging than at other times.  More aggravating, perhaps, but not more damaging.  Productivity at work is down this time of year.  People could shop closer to home.</p>
<p>In fact, if a two-week strike led to the union being hit so hard that there was no possibiity of any additional job actions for another 25 years, that would be less damaging that a threat of a strike every three years, in my opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Management and workers could be better, but politics is the problem.

City transit workers did in fact receive a huge pension enhancement in 2000, outside of collective bargaining, that contributed to the current hole.  And remember that only half of all private sector workers have any retirement plan at all.

During the 1990s, tax subsidies to the MTA were cut, and the money diverted elsewhere, leading to a big debt.

And fares were held down, falling behind inflation, from 1995 to 2002.

&quot;Everybody wins.&quot;

Just because TWU workers didn&#039;t cause all of the problem doesn&#039;t mean they didn&#039;t cause any of it.

But I agree that the 2000 pension enhancement for existing employees shouldn&#039;t be paid for by lower benefits for future employees (again!).  The lower pension contributions and health care costs associated with a lower retirement age for future workers should be used, dollar for dollar, for a higher salary for future workers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Management and workers could be better, but politics is the problem.</p>
<p>City transit workers did in fact receive a huge pension enhancement in 2000, outside of collective bargaining, that contributed to the current hole.  And remember that only half of all private sector workers have any retirement plan at all.</p>
<p>During the 1990s, tax subsidies to the MTA were cut, and the money diverted elsewhere, leading to a big debt.</p>
<p>And fares were held down, falling behind inflation, from 1995 to 2002.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everybody wins.&#8221;</p>
<p>Just because TWU workers didn&#8217;t cause all of the problem doesn&#8217;t mean they didn&#8217;t cause any of it.</p>
<p>But I agree that the 2000 pension enhancement for existing employees shouldn&#8217;t be paid for by lower benefits for future employees (again!).  The lower pension contributions and health care costs associated with a lower retirement age for future workers should be used, dollar for dollar, for a higher salary for future workers.</p>
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		<title>By: Our Gal In Brooklyn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Our Gal In Brooklyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the MTA has no accountability, no transparency and a history of corruption. 

They pretend they have no money, then they pretend they have all the money in the world only to reveal a shortfall after the elections (don&#039;t want to hurt their best friend Pataki). 

Then it turns out they are using &quot;creative accounting&quot; to come by that defecit that they&#039;ve invented as an excuse to raise fairs (ie. tax the poor).

We need public oversite of the MTA.
I don&#039;t know how anyone can argue against that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the MTA has no accountability, no transparency and a history of corruption. </p>
<p>They pretend they have no money, then they pretend they have all the money in the world only to reveal a shortfall after the elections (don&#8217;t want to hurt their best friend Pataki). </p>
<p>Then it turns out they are using &#8220;creative accounting&#8221; to come by that defecit that they&#8217;ve invented as an excuse to raise fairs (ie. tax the poor).</p>
<p>We need public oversite of the MTA.<br />
I don&#8217;t know how anyone can argue against that.</p>
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		<title>By: Gannett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gannett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Both. That&#039;s the problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both. That&#8217;s the problem.</p>
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