{"id":385,"date":"2005-12-20T21:40:49","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T01:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/?p=383"},"modified":"2005-12-20T21:40:49","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T01:40:49","slug":"ok-ill-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/2005\/12\/20\/ok-ill-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok I’ll do it."},"content":{"rendered":"

Just an addendum, read my comment below. I wrote this blog entry incorrectly. I meant to say a lot more then i did, but it ended up just degrading into a discourse about the surplus and it’s effect<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m stepping into the quagmire that is the MTA strike, and offering my opinion along with hopes and desires.<\/p>\n

Today the TWU walked out creating the first strike since 1980. Wow i’ve memorized that date.<\/p>\n

None the less
\nDemands as I know of them:
\n– 8% raise over next three years (correction i misunderstood this, it is 8% raise per year for three years)<\/strong><\/em>
\n– maintain healthcare coverage
\n– maintain pension plan<\/p>\n

Repurcutions of the strike:
\n– All public transportation around Manhattan and other burrows shut down completly.
\n– 1 million dollar fine to the TWU per day strike continues
\n– For every day absent, 2 days pay will be docked from the worker.<\/p>\n

The strike is unreal. I believe it stems from the recently announced 1 billion dollar budget surplus that was horribly mishandled. I think it is strange that a group of city employees that make 45,000-55,000 dollars annually are asking for a raise. Then it hit me. The reason they ask for a raise is becuase the money was there, and they have no real say in how the money was used. <\/p>\n

The MTA ruled that they would be “Giving” the money back to the “people” by making it cost only 1.00 for weekend travel using the metro services. This only works for people who purchase pay per ride tickets, and not people who have unlimited tickets. In other words, it helps the tourists and the visitors but not the workers and New Yorkers. So in a roundabout manner they are giving the money to strangers. <\/p>\n

What happened when this brilliant move occurs? The TWU says they are not respected and that the new contract is dishonorable to the transit employees as a whole. AND THEN the MTA blames the TWU for striking. I say the MTA shoulders half the blame for not seeing the repurcutions of their actions. <\/p>\n

OH well. 45,000 is a lot of f-ing money if you ask me. But is it enough to be in traffic or a tunnel for 50% of my life? I don’t know. oh yeah they have a pension. That sounds nice. I’ve heard of one of those, but dind’t think they were real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just an addendum, read my comment below. I wrote this blog entry incorrectly. I meant to say a lot more then i did, but it ended up just degrading into a discourse about the surplus and it’s effect I’m stepping into the quagmire that is the MTA strike, and offering my opinion along with hopes … Continue reading “Ok I’ll do it.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}