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Mon Dec-19-05 09:35 PM
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| MTA strike possible tommorrow (Tuesday, Dec 20) |
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I have a feeling this one will happen.
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| ny_liberal
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Mon Dec-19-05 11:30 PM
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| 1. some union demands are unreasonable |
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like lowering the retirement age from 55 to 50
c'mon now
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| robbedvoter
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Mon Dec-19-05 11:46 PM
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| 2. I believe the MTA wanted to raise the age not the Union to lower it |
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Ayway, it's not ont of the deal breaker issues - so you may have got your info from Faux.
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| murdoch
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Tue Dec-20-05 12:55 AM
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| 3. Most transit workers drop dead three years after retirement |
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The average life expectancy of a retired transit worker is three years.
I find it hard to hear the demands of transit workers are unreasonable from millionaires like Bloomberg and Kalikow. The unreasonable demands are being made by the MTA.
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| SoDesuKa
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Wed Dec-21-05 08:26 AM
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I'm really curious where you got that from. Frankly, it doesn't sound plausible.
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| Spiffarino
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Wed Dec-21-05 09:58 PM
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| 5. Sounds like his source needs to get a brain! Morans |
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Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 09:58 PM by Spiffarino
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| phylny
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Thu Dec-22-05 07:03 AM
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| 6. I heard this same statistic, either on the radio here in NY, or on TV. n/t |
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