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I thought that both sides agreed not to strike? What the hell is this?
Go bankrupt and open a new transit company! SEPTA is filled with some much waste, poor management and abuse. Governor help the citizens resume control of our great state. Bus Drivers in Disney World make $7-$10 /Hr
Good, Let the union go out of business.....the city will struggle thru this and in the end the city will be bettr off without the free loading do nothing union members and their greedy union bosses....When they realize that a job is better than no job they will come back begging.......
martin710: Do you really think the waste comes from the wages of the people at the bottom? It's the top management. You must be a republican.
I connect to the 201 bus from the R5 in Ft Washington and these idiots leave every day before the train arrives. These clowns cannot read a clock and they want a 4% per year raise? Fire them all, get immigrants with clean driving records and pay them $12/hr. They will appreciate the hell out of their job.
I support the workers. Pay them well, we need them. Do you really think they WANT to strike? Nobody WANTS to strike but they have no other choice.
This is just politics as usual in Philadelphia. The politicians intervene when it comes to being embarrassed on the national stage in the World Series, once the Series is out of Philadelphia they forget about all of the working people and the students who elect them and pay their wages.
Im glad i dont have to use SEPTA .
Unions and the greedy corporations will be the down fall of the country, and the economy.
When is the average working man going to realize that unions are not actually good for the public any more? They were absolutely necessary back in the day when there were no labor laws (and our country is now better for it). However in this day and age the unions just promote greed/corruption from management and laziness/feelings of entitlement/poor service from the workers.
I hope you're not citing Disney World as anything resembling reality there, Martin. Professional bus drivers who work on real streets and highways don't make that little. That said, I still don't find the union's claims of discrimination hold up.
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Is it not clear that Septa is in the wrong with their tactics???? They tricked the union into believing they were willing to make a deal so there would not be a strike during the World Series to make an embarassment of the city. Now that the city is done using these workers, they stop negotiations. What a lousy disgusting ploy. I totally support this strike and am deeply ashamed that Rendell and Nutter would make it seem like the union is in the wrong. I am ASHAMED I voted for either of them and believe me, they sure lost my support.
Being a SEPTA employee, I can honestly understand the union workers postions and I do understand where the riders are coming from. Instead of the riders pointing the finger at the "low man on the totem pole", understand what is going on. We are tired of being repremanded for every little thing that goes wrong. If a letter is written in on an employee, we are guilty no matter what. Even if the letter is bogus. We are not backed up by the employer at all. If something goes wrong, the crew is ALWAYS to blame, even though we the hourly employees are always the last to know. I really do understand why the city looks at the bus drivers, sub drivers, and all other transit workers as though we are greedy, but this is not the case. This is a matter of trying to put our foot down on them abusing us. We work up to 12 hrs a day and yes we are paid well and were aware of the commitment, however, at any given time the company can and will extend our jobs. This is going cause a lot of headache for the riders and for the employees, but ask yourself how you would feel under these conditions. What would you expect and extend to the company? Your only hearing one side of the story and the second side is being pieced together for the readers. Next time stop and ask a transit worker exactly whats going on. There is some cloudiness but be open minded.
Sheyat-they make more after 4 years in this city of tenure ($50K+) than those who teach in the public schools ($35) and to me this is 110% messed up. Teachers get college degrees to qualify! How can they be so greedy and have such delusions of grandeur? DC bus drivers make less ON PAPER as well as much less in the real world (money is twice to three times as tight in DC as in Philly)but they don't tie up the city out of greed!
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