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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: SilentZ who wrote (266189)12/28/2005 1:55:07 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1575427
 
The transit workers should be applauded for taking a stand because they were willing to endure hardship and lost wages to protect not only their standard of living but the economic futures of those people who aren't even working in the transit system. As union president Roger Toussaint said, "This is a fight over whether hard work will be rewarded with a decent retirement and over the erosion or eventual elimination of health benefits for working people."

Maybe they should have been applauded by they weren't.

I also call on Mayor Bloomberg to exercise better judgement in the language he uses. He owes the union and the transit worker an apology for using harsh, hot-button langauge that inflamed the environment. As the mediation continues, I hope the mayor will act to unify, not divide, the city."

Well said. Bloomberg made it looked like the unions were greedy pigs. That may or may not be true......I never looked into the issues. However, unions, much like the democrats, seem not to be very effective in getting their message out there. More and more, they appear to be greedy, self serving institutions. People who make $200-500K love it when the unions offend and they can trash them. After all, why should blue collar workers have a decent retirement?

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