LIRR workers get 17% raise and averted strike
07-17-2014, 04:58 PM
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LIRR workers get 17% raise and averted strike
MTA chairman, LIRR union leader sign contract to avert strike; workers get 17% raises - NY Daily News
They haven't had a contract since 2010. Finally agreed when LIRR threatened to strike. So I guess the railroad act is only there to prevent regionals from achieving decent contracts. Railroad workers apparently didn't mind striking.
They haven't had a contract since 2010. Finally agreed when LIRR threatened to strike. So I guess the railroad act is only there to prevent regionals from achieving decent contracts. Railroad workers apparently didn't mind striking.
07-18-2014, 03:00 AM
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LIRR workers get 17% raise and averted strike
Regardless of profit or not, the city depends on them so massively that the State would never let them strike. It would cause massive chaos , where as if a single carrier striked in JFK , oh well operations would just keep running . Another carrier would fly the routes
07-18-2014, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
Also, as far as I know, the LIRR has not reported a profit in 180 years of existence.
07-18-2014, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by saxman66
To be fair, they are part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which runs the buses, subways, along with Metro North. None of it makes a profit.
07-18-2014, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by iahflyr
They are getting a 17% raise over 6.5 years, or ~2.66% a year, which is a pretty standard raise.
We are very lucky as airline pilots in that when we do get a raise, it usually beats inflation.
We are very lucky as airline pilots in that when we do get a raise, it usually beats inflation.
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