Public sector unions are the destroying cities and schools. We live in an age of driverless cars and yet the unions demand we have drivers on the MBTA subways.
Howie Carr had a good piece this week discussing retirement age at 50 at the MBTA and getting full pensions. Even bankrupt countries in Europe require workers to stay on the job to 62. These sweatheart union deals are not sustainable for tax payers
As you may recall the Toll Collectors Union fought E- Z Pass in NH for years regardless of the traffic lines or the cost to tax payers.
Public Sector Unions serve their membership. Their first responsibility is to the members. This is a direct conflict with the concept of public service; serving the public first.
Marty Walsh was elected by heavy turnout from unions across the city. At a time when unions bankrupted Detroit and General Motors; at time when teachers unions have held back all reforms in our education systems; how is electing a “union guy” a good thing. Boston can’t afford as Mike Ross said about the Firefighters Union ” double digit increases for showing up sober”. We can’t afford business as usual.
It will be interesting to see if Marty Walsh works for the citizens of Boston’s or the unions who got him elected
this twaddle?
Go out and get some information. Your Walthamitic opinion isn’t worth the bytes its posted on.
I see a good mix of poll-tested anti-working class bromides with some interesting interpretations of grammatical rules of the English language. Perhaps we need to work out some bugs in the Outrage-O-Matic Propomachine at the Boston Foundation’s headquarters before we let it have direct access to the Internet again.
RIGHT ON T COOK YOU IS AWESOME! YOU AND HOWIE CAN HAZ CHEEZBORGER!-DFW trollbot
I simply have no response. Well done, tcook99! I’m switching parties first thing Monday morning. You’ve helped me see the folly of my ways, like no one else could. Thank you for this life-changing post!
I saw hundreds of those driverless cars on the Mass Pike this morning.
I read through this diary anticipating a punchline or some other indicator of snark.