Friday, February 19, 2010

Samuelsen Shuts Union Hall; What Next?

Did you know that 35,ooo Transit Workers were left unprotected for a day? Yes ,Unprotected for a whole day. On February 10, Irresponsible John Samuelsen, declared an additional paid holiday,Snow Day, for himself and Staffers and shut down the operations of TWU . While most of us had to report to work for snow duty, or lose a day's pay if we hadn't an AVA,Unit Day,OTO or Sick Days in our balances; Samuelsen had no qualms giving himself and cronies an extra paid holiday. Lets pause for a moment; Bloomberg is proud to boast that in 8 years he has declared only 3 Snow Days: Irresponsible John in only 6 weeks has declared 1 Snow Day,with pay...go John, I'm proud of the way you're spending our dues..perks! perks! perks!

What's next to expect John? Back to the Old Days of?

1)Unlimited Sick?

2)Unlimited Vacation?

3)Cadillac Health Insurance?

4)No Show Jobs?

5)Nepotism?

6)20% Pay Raises?

Is this what Take Back Our Union-TBOU- stands for? The Days of Yore?