Reply to Buzz: Do you remember New York Bus Company. For every year that you worked there, you got 90.00 per year. Example: Ten years 900.00 dollars. They were never subsidized by the city or the state and at that time they weren't putting in forty dollars a week. Why can't 1181 do something like that. Somebody who works 20 to 25 years in our union gets the same amount of money. If you work five more years you should be getting more money. Forty dollars a week for your pension is alot of money. That's why were getting the best pension in the industry, because were putting the most money in. I heard that Michael had to hire a mediator just to settle the contract. A guy making 240,000 dollars a year can't even negotiate a contract.
I'm not against everyone in the union just the president. You never heard me complain about anything until this guy became president. Nobody shows up at union meetings and morale is very bad. We need a change. That's why I'm voting for Salerno. I like the fact that a newly elected President is a bus driver just like me. Who gets up at 4 in the morning and drives in the snow. 0r has to deal with some BOE inspector who's gonna write me a ticket for a crumb on the bus.
I'm not against everyone in the union just the president. You never heard me complain about anything until this guy became president. Nobody shows up at union meetings and morale is very bad. We need a change. That's why I'm voting for Salerno. I like the fact that a newly elected President is a bus driver just like me. Who gets up at 4 in the morning and drives in the snow. 0r has to deal with some BOE inspector who's gonna write me a ticket for a crumb on the bus.