Francis Pettygrove May
12, 2012 at 8:43PM
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"It is a tough job and not
everyone can do it." Yeah, because driving is so difficult. It's not like
almost everyone over 16 does it every day or anything.
-----------mammakatt May 12, 2012
at 6:45PM
Let TriMet
and theier retirement plan go bankrupt. The courts have ruled once these
contract get signed you can't change them. the only way to change things is for
the company to go out of business and the pension plan to go bankrupt. Federal
insurance will kick in and the retirees will get part of their benefits.
Let another company take over the
busing needs of Trimet and let the current wage and benefits fiasco be an
example of what not to do.
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mannyvel May 12, 2012
at 8:03PM
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The thing about unions in the late
20th and 21st century is that they're excellent advocates for their members.
They have demonstrated time and time again that they get the best deal for
their members (except for the Eastern machinists, who took one for the
movement).
For the public at large, the legacy
of unions is going to be bankrupt government institutions that will be unable
to provide basic services due to a massive spending on retirees and benefits.
They've become the American equivalent of the Soviet Nomenklatura, and they'll
suck municipalities dry.
They're worse than the 1%. The 1%
just wants to be left alone to enjoy their money. The unions want everyone
else's money...forever. It's pathetic. They're like welfare moms with power.
Even municipal bankruptcy (like Central Falls) may not get rid of these
leeches.
What the city/agencies should do is
take out life insurance policies on all its workers, making the city/agency the
beneficiary. That way we'd at least be able to offset these payments with some
kind of income.
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2012 at 8:07PM
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Why is it so hard to break the
union? Driving a bus is a very simple skill. Mechanics can be taught. What a
joke tri met union is. I hope every worker loses his job and and finds out what
the real world is like.
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s123man May 12, 2012
at 8:34PM
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Why is the medical cost so high? Are
the drivers and families getting weekly pedicures done by a surgeon? Do they
get new boob jobs and new face lifts every few years? Can they get a
prescription for a week stay at a health spa in Hawaii?
Does Trimet hire people that are
twice as sick as the average worker? Do they have an insurance company that
gets a commission on the expenses? Is the insurance company owned by the
brother-in-law of the union boss?
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What is irresponsible is that even in 1994 it was well known that legacy
healthcare and retirement costs were financially crippling big steel and the
automakers. The Trimet board andWalsh went ahead anyway negotiaing and
approving these unsustainable health benefits. to compound the error by
agreeing to binding arbitration in Oregon may well result in the ultimate
shutdown of Trimet. This does not even take into consideration the totally
unfunded, unreserved several hundred million liability in post employment
health benefits for Trimet retirees and family members. Walsh has created a
legacy system that will collapse TrimetThat Walsh enjoys a fat 6 figure tax free PERS retirement is adding insult to injury.
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Munchausenbaron May
12, 2012 at 9:33PM
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This article shows the incredible
greed of public employee unions and why they have to be removed from the public
sector, or they will bankrupt every municipality and state in this country.
Already, 43 states have to get federal bailout money, including Oregon, or go
belly-up each year. Enough is enough! Shut them down!
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hotwing May 12, 2012
at 10:05PM
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http://agency.governmentjobs.com/trimet/default.cfm
The link above is for job openings
at TriMet. The ONLY union job (out of EIGHT) listed is for Bus Operator (part
time) at a top wage of $25.13 per hour. Just for example, a FULL TIME Bus
Operator working 40 hours PER WEEK at $25.13 per hour (after three years) would
make $4355.86 per month. The other SEVEN NON-UNION job listings have an AVERAGE
PAY OF $7471.27 PER MONTH. Just sayin'...
`````````````````````Country May 13, 2012
at 5:54AM
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"Its all about the kids, no
that is the NEA/OEA, Its all about our PERS retirement, no that is the
SEIU/OPEU, its all about cheating the taxpayers, handing us billions of bailout
dollars, no that is the UAW. its all about we deserve cradle to grave
money/benefits for doing little or nothing, no that is most all union members. Nothing
new here to read, "BABS" legacy again comes to the front as a
political hack owned by yet another union when she was in office.
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kim May 13, 2012 at
9:36AM
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Tri-met employees are over pay for
what they do,drving a bus all day ,no stress and easy work,if the emplyees dont
like the way they are treated, then go and look for another job, there are
hundreds f people who would love to have their job,everybody should be greatful
to be working ad having a paycheck,,welome to the real world
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