THE TAKING OF PELHAM 6314
Metro North LIRR
The defunct New Haven Railroad is now where you the taxpayer is, at the end of the line. "ALL ABOARD"
Many of you know what it is to ride the rails. But riding the rails in New York is can be very hazardous to your WEALTH. At one time stepping on the third rail resulted in a fatality. Nowadays, the third rail steps on you. They are responsible for the diminution of your wealth.
The Long Island Railroad is a perfect example of the transit union largess. AS NOTED by the TransitBlogger.com, LIRR employees are more likely to get disability than those of Metro North, but the outrageous compensation is the third rail, touch it and BADABING.
The L.I.R.R.’s disability rate has been three to four times that of the average railroad in recent years, and far outstrips Metro-North, which serves commuters north of New York City and has a work force of about the same size. For example, from 2001 through 2007, Metro-North had 32 cases of disabilities resulting from arthritis and rheumatism, compared with 753 at the L.I.R.R.
Many of you know what it is to ride the rails. But riding the rails in New York is can be very hazardous to your WEALTH. At one time stepping on the third rail resulted in a fatality. Nowadays, the third rail steps on you. They are responsible for the diminution of your wealth.
The Long Island Railroad is a perfect example of the transit union largess. AS NOTED by the TransitBlogger.com, LIRR employees are more likely to get disability than those of Metro North, but the outrageous compensation is the third rail, touch it and BADABING.
The L.I.R.R.’s disability rate has been three to four times that of the average railroad in recent years, and far outstrips Metro-North, which serves commuters north of New York City and has a work force of about the same size. For example, from 2001 through 2007, Metro-North had 32 cases of disabilities resulting from arthritis and rheumatism, compared with 753 at the L.I.R.R.
The disability problem has been compounded by labor contracts that allow longtime workers to retire with a pension as early as age 50 and by a tangle of negotiated rules that allow workers to reap four days of pay for a single day’s work. Such rules allowed eight senior train engineers to earn from $215,000 to $277,000 in 2006.
Many of the union members, mechanics, electrical inspectors, maintenance personnel work hard and deserve their rightful compensation, but when the system is exploited at the expense of the taxpayer, we have an obligation to educate the masses.
Posted by THENEWBOSTONTEAPARTY at 6/14/2009 9:44 AM 
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