Sanctioning Management

TWU Local 100 members are disappointed at the mismanagement, erratic, dysfunctional and poor management at the MTA that has led this state agency in the financial mess it is in. It is also clear that there is not some sort of sanctions against the management for their failure. Can the New York State governor Andrew M Cuomo assure the TWU Local 100 members that he will enforce sanctions against the executives at the MTA.

It would be prudent for the New York State Governor Andrew M Cuomo to look at specific extra measures and sanctions at the executives people on the MTA. Those who were responsible for this financial mess or budget constrains that does not serve New Yorkers well at the MTA.

Clearly the management financial policies are failing and there is no clear spending review at the MTA. Obviously there are still old, unreliable, outdated equipment that needs to have constant maintenance which the management has cut. However they have lavished themselves with new fancy automobiles to chauffeur themselves around. Management spendings seem to be skyrocketing which does not serve New Yorkers well. Reduction in spending for fancy items is not the word they adhere to except Joseph Lhota who trained his sights on the backs of TWU Local 100 members.

Maybe Joseph Lhota will award bonuses to the management however he opposes to give blue collar members of TWU Local 100 a wage raise - we wonder why. He has done nothing against white collar that is needed to be done.

We need some sort of sanctions against the mismanagement and poor management - Joseph Lhota plans are for more spending, more borrowing, more debt, and more of the financial mess that we are in. It is obvious his initial promises are worthless or the broken promises to get along with TWU Local 100. Unfortunately those MTA proposals appear to block any progress on the contract of 2012 due to the fact that those MTA proposals are job destroying with unnecessary concession demands. 

It is vital for the MTA to find financial soundness however blue collar job destroying does not lead to financial strength. However greater emphasis should be placed on sanctioning management for their poor management that led MTA into the financial pit it is in. Why should the blue collar members of TWU Local show enormous courage and bravery by being the sacrificial lambs for the white collar.

We are also aware MTA sources of funding are either from the tax payers in many forms or guises, from customers whether in the form of fares or tolls and from real estate. What really matters is will Joseph Lhota put those monies into enhancing the services offered to New Yorkers?