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**Filmania** · 12-20-2005, 03:22 PM

Shadenfrau: Shame on you and people like you - those arrogant, uninformed and insensitive.

You think people can handle it, don't you? So you want MTA to pay the workers better? Well, if you read newspapers and tried to educate yourself (not sure if it's possible) you would know that the reason they walked out is that MTA wanted to increase the retirement age to 62 and ask new workers to contribute towards the health plan - that's what all of working in private sector do and have always done. So making more money was not the main issue.

Who will suffer most from this strike? Not the rich living on Manhattan's East/West side. They can hail a cab and get to work. The ones who will suffer most are lower-middle class and middle class people that have to get to work from Brooklyn and Queens. Those that don't have money to pay the inflated car service charges. Those who don't have 3-4 other people to ride with. Those that get payed by hour and will lose some of their precious earnings because of this strike. And the city and its businesses will lose. This union clique is just like a mafia demaning stores to pay up. It's racketeering. It's illegal and immoral.

12-20-2005, 03:22 PM	#14
Filmania Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Shadenfrau: Shame on you and people like you - those arrogant, uninformed and insensitive. You think people can handle it, don't you? So you want MTA to pay the workers better? Well, if you read newspapers and tried to educate yourself (not sure if it's possible) you would know that the reason they walked out is that MTA wanted to increase the retirement age to 62 and ask new workers to contribute towards the health plan - that's what all of working in private sector do and have always done. So making more money was not the main issue. Who will suffer most from this strike? Not the rich living on Manhattan's East/West side. They can hail a cab and get to work. The ones who will suffer most are lower-middle class and middle class people that have to get to work from Brooklyn and Queens. Those that don't have money to pay the inflated car service charges. Those who don't have 3-4 other people to ride with. Those that get payed by hour and will lose some of their precious earnings because of this strike. And the city and its businesses will lose. This union clique is just like a mafia demaning stores to pay up. It's racketeering. It's illegal and immoral.
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