If Joseph Lhota’s policies are not working then those policies are hurting New Yorkers. Now one would want to wait and see what kind of action would enumerate from him that would ensure progress and enhancement of this premier mass transportation system for New Yorkers.
However if there are conditions to sustain the enhancement of this state agency they are not clear or they have not come to fruition since the management, bureaucrats and the executive are the root cause in driving this state agency into a financial mess pit. It is not credible that they did not know, or they did not have a forecast of what the outcome would be - which is not being financially sound.
But that is not the whole story the other side of the coin is that Joseph Lhota wants the blue collar employees to bear the cost of poor management - we in the TWU Local 100 say no. Blue collar employees did not cause or drive this state agency into the financial mess pit it is in - it is the white collar therefore there should be sanctions against them. If Joseph Lhota believes that the blue collar employees should bear the brunt of this financial mess on their backs then he is not capable to lead this premier transportation agency in the world.
There is no question of doubt on anyone’s mind that the white collar created the financial mess of this state agency. Now they have no clear idea on how to get out of this financial mess except to put it on the backs of the blue collar employees. If Joseph Lhota is genuinely concerned with how to get out of this financial mess then putting it on the blue collar employees backs is not the right way. Those policies will only perpetually keep the MTA in the financial mess pit it is in now.
Joseph Lhota cannot claim that the only way to get out of this financial mess is thru the backs of the blue collar employees. It is obvious it is a typical stunt, he is ignoring others and solely concentrating on destroying the blue collar employees well being. Even if the country is in an economic slump that rhetoric does not hold water - it is the white collar who drove this state agency into the financial mess pit it is in. There are not recovery, reduction or fiscal responsibilities policies being enunciated from Joseph Lhota against the white collar - one wonders why. It is obvious he is failing - maybe he may not consider those policies as worth the price to pay or maybe white collar should work in leisure and luxury while blue collar employees pay for that - we say no.
There are no clear indications if there are conditions to lead this state agency into financial soundness. The financial misery the MTA is in was not caused by the blue collar. If those white collar want to live large or imitate their fellow white collar at Wall Street then we say the white collar should be sanctioned for their poor management.
As this contract process goes on it seems that perhaps the MTA is making a crucial negotiations mistake. They are putting their eggs all in one basket: Arbitration.
ReplyDeleteThe MTA is counting on Arbutration to do their dirty work for them. This is typical MTA arrogance and laziness.
It could all just backfire in their faces. First they'd have to get an Impasse declared then they'd have to get a arbitor that would essentially want to break the bargaining pattern set by the MTA/TWU for the last 30 years.
And one more thing: the economy can only get better. Various economic indicators are pointing to a recovery, so the waiting game as employed by the MTA just may play into our hands.
BTW does Lhota look like that James Lipton guy from Inside the Actors' Studio?
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying.............