[BC] Cable pricing and regulators

[Sid Schweiger]

>>From what my brother told me, the MTA union caved because the rank and

file didn't have the stomach to take the $1M/day fines and bad PR for
wages 
and issues new hires were going to encounter.  That and a LOT of people
had 
issue with MTA bus drivers making more than many people with 4 year 
degrees.  Sorry, I too find it hard to stomach a bus driver making 
$100K/yr. straight time.<<

There were a few other reasons too:

1) The two leaders of the TWU were only a few minutes away from being
jailed for contempt of court when they ordered the rank-and-file back to
work.

2) The Taylor Law (which prohibits strikes by unionized public
employees) provides for a 2-for-1 loss of wages for any striking
employee (for example, a worker who strikes for three days loses six
days of pay).  That adds up pretty quickly.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid at wrko.com