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| And may they never strike again. |
San Jose Mercury News/public employee pension news/Mike Rosenberg and Daniel J. Willis, Staff Writers, 10/26/13. "BART raises follow similar pay bumps for Bay Area workers, especially in government."
During
BART's high-profile labor negotiations, much of the public anger was
focused on union workers' demands for extra pay when they already make
some of the highest average salaries in the state.
But it turns
out the raises they received reflect the wage bumps that other Bay Area
government employees already got in the last few years, according to an
analysis by this newspaper of payroll data provided by more than 300
local public agencies. And the BART raises were only slightly more than
the pay increases private sector workers received. Read article.
Note: Photograph from Latinos post.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
4 comments:
Very poorly written piece of fiction. The writer obviously has a bias, presents no citations for his data. And since when is a 4.5% Bart raise in 2011 only "slightly higher" than a 2.3 percent raise in the private sector?
LOL. Talk about "obvious bias." Anon 12:00 pm must have read a different article than I did.
There were no credible citations for his "facts" stated other than some Bay Area News Group study that he doesn't even provide a link for. Totally bogus.
Great article confirming that Bart raises were nearly double the average raise given in the private sector. No need to tell us about how well-compensated public employees are. No need at all. We get that part, really we do. In fact, as taxpayers, it is our privilege and honor to make sure they are well-tended, forever. Fabulous writing.
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