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I do believe the magic number was "7" that Rendell mentioned on Saturday to that incompentent 'Wilie".
Way to go Willie Brown and Local 234! Kudos for not backing down. Looks like Rendell was faking it about leaving town with his $7 million. I guess from the settlement news conference that they finally realized you were serious.
Rendell gave Willie "we cannot be bought" Brown, 7 million reason$ to get back to work by Monday. Time for SEPTA to re-evaluate their existing employees and to revise their job descriptions. They need to start weeding out the non-performers. I say there are 5,100 employees that they need to re-evaluate and start replacing. Replace them all. No sympathy for these strikers. Not a single ounce. And it reminds me how we don't need union thugs in this country. Replace the bums!
OK PHILLY... It's now time to WAKE up and make sure this NEVER happens again. I hope Septa is putting ideas into motion to get rid of this union after this contract expires... I don't think the union deserved what they got, but at least I'll be able to go to school and work today!
Maureen1002....that will never happen...wake up Nuffera....Willie not tha incompentent he got his workers more money....
brady u did a great job
SHLEP-ta ended it's strike, eh? I can think of, oh, about seven million reasons why. FYI, SHLEP-ta union, the union I belong to will not accept or reject a contract offer until the members have voted for or against it, and the leadership will accept that vote. Try it for a change, Widebody Willie!
It is hard to admit but Willie did what he's there to do. It sucks that the public was in middle of all this though.
I'm proud of Local 234. Great job Willie! If people were paying attention, they will realize that the governor lied about not being able to help Mayor Nutter with the Municipal workers. Thats why their was such a big fuss about laying off 3000 city workers. In lieu of that, Mayor Nutter begged to increase the sales tax by 1% and got it. The state pitched over and over how they could not help bail out the city, but found 7 million for Local 234. Remember, Local 234 was going to walk out with the Municipal workers had they decided to strike awhile back. How do you control people? You instill fear in them. They "yellow" municipal union leaders (and I belong to 427) were so afraid of the economy that they thought it better to keep the people working. The people were going to keep working. I wonder how they feel now, finding out it all was a lie about not having any money. This is the City of Philadelphia! One of "THE" richest cities in America. Go figure.
I think I am going to my boss and tell him that I don't want "the impact of national health-care reform" to impact my costs. His response, "you and me both." Of course, this does not apply to Septa workers. Only to the rest of the hard working people in Philadelphia.
This is a pro-management contract that is being signed. (1) The pay freeze in the first year is crucial. I'm surprised that the union agreed to it. By having a pay freeze, there is no compounding for future years. For example, in year 2, the 2.5% increase is coming off a salary that will have been TWO AND A HALF years old (last year of prior contract, plus 1/2 year no-contract, plus 1 year of pay freeze in new contract). A true pay freeze is the "gift that keeps on giving" for management, due to this compounding factor. (2) But what about the $1250 initial payment? It doesn't cost SEPTA anything. They made this $1250 per person in saved labor costs over the past week. And it is much, much more preferable to having a real pay increase, due to compounding. (3) Pension contributions will go up from 2% to 3%. (4) The wage increases in years 2, 3, 4, and 5 are from 2.5 to 3 percent. This barely covers inflation. These are not "real" increases in wages. All in all, a great contract for management.
Next up: Certainly a price hike. What you won't see: Hike in courtesy, professionalism, and customer service. Another win for the selfish, overpaid, underworked unions. To Rendell and Brady, the union sycophants, thanks for nothing. Mayor Mike is the only politician with any sand in this city.
I asked the bank I work for to hire an independent auditor to review the books to make sure I cant squeeze a raise out of them. They laughed.
Good job guys, you just sucked another wad of cash out of a broken system leaving us with another decade of no new lines, broken token machines, and lacking security. Thanks so much. Way to show gratitude to the customers paying you twice as much as we do to teach our children. Hey riders, do these Union Thugs a favor, grab a bike and buy some walking shoes. They seem so bent on running SEPTA into the ground, let's give them a hand!
UnionGuy,
Please go back and read the story again. Rendell's deadline for taking away the $7M was midnight tonight. It was the union that caved, not wanting to see if Rendell was serious. They settled before his deadline to remove the money.
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