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Originally Posted by The Unknown Poster
So your argument is that Transit doesnt support their staff enough so they should pay more to the employees to do a job that requires minimal specialized skill (to be fair, I dont know how to drive a bus...I also dont know how to drive a semi).
Im all for Transit having better services and treatment for their staff. But saying "we are sort of a crappy company so we will over-pay" makes little sense.
If you present me a petition for Transit to be a better company for its employees, Ill sign it. Pay drivers more? Nope. Now, should transit become a highly profitable enterprise, I have no issue with increasing pay.
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This kind of situation arises in a lot of union environments. Wage demands, generous benefit packages and all the union red tape BS means the employer has to cut corners elsewhere. They end up short-staffed and dysfunctional and it puts a lot of strain on the staff, which the union then uses to argue for more wage increases, and so on.