What mass transit would look like without Unions
I am often asked what is the difference between an industry with Union workers and one without that infestation.
Actually it is quite simple. In the photo we see what our transit system could look like if it wasn't burdened with early full-funded retirements (at 55 no less), zero employee contribution to their health program, annual raises untied to productivity, refusal to fairly fund their pension plan (now only 2%), resistance to reasonable disciplinary rules, contempt for the riding public and NY state's Taylor Law, a disgruntled workforce because of Union agitation, Union propaganda that labor and capital are in a class struggle, salaries that are much more than professionals who have more skills, and the obvious laziness of most Union workers since it is near impossible to fire them unless we catch them raping passengers or laying sticks of dynamite on the rails.
(Members of the Transport Workers Union walk a picket line on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. The New York City transit strike entered its second day Wednesday as lawyers for the city and state looked to the courts to dole out more punishment against union leaders, and commuters piled into cabs and walked the streets in the blistering cold. Photo: AP)
The Unions killed America's railway system precisely in this way. They killed our textile business, and they are close to eliminating the big three from the Automobile industry. It is only foreigners manufacturing in America but without Unions that are profitable.
Oh Yeah, what train travel will look like if we continue to let the Unions run amok:
