Work one day for a union, quit and get a $158k/year pension til you die

[woolfe9999]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44626194/ns/us_news-life/



Must be nice to be in a union.

Thread based on anecdotal news story allegedly proving some vague, ill defined generalization about "unions" is fail.

 

[Craig234]

There are lots of plush pensions - both union and non-union - out there which are paid for by tax dollars.

A guy I know worked for a public transit agency in a middle management job for 20 years. He then was able to retire with full medical for life and a $50,000 a year pension... at age 45. He will no doubt collect more as a retiree than he did while actually working there.

From what it looks like to me, the publicly-funded unions demand and usually receive very generous benefits in return for supporting the incumbent politicians. Easier to give out big benefits than to increase salaries, since salaries are always where the spotlight is shining. Then the non-union people at the same agencies are given similar benefits to maintain equity.

I think there are problems with some pensions.

Who to blame? Try the employers' negotiators, who pushed hard to get salary reductions in exchange for better pensions.

Typical politics - save money now and look good, paid for later.

And then, later, when the workers get their side of the deal - "we need pension reform!"

 

[SandEagle]

doesn't sound like a union issue. nice try at sensationializizing the story though. :\

 

[davmat787]

Don't feed the trolls.

I like this guy, and not just from this comment alone, many others as well. I say welcome and please do consider staying awhile. We need level headed posters that are tied to bullshit ideology more than ever.

 

[xj0hnx]

you swine fingermen would enjoy licking his ass clean.

Your projection of your fetish with corporate salad tossing is a little too over the top dude, could you please try to keep your fantasies in your head from now on?

 

[Engineer]

I like this guy, and not just from this comment alone, many others as well. I say welcome and please do consider staying awhile. We need level headed posters that are tied to bullshit ideology more than ever.

LOL

 

[Macamus Prime]

Your projection of your fetish with corporate salad tossing is a little too over the top dude, could you please try to keep your fantasies in your head from now on?

So, lets see - I call you racist trash,... and then you label me a racist.

You smack your lips at the thought of licking a rich man's ass,... and you then label me as the ass sick freak.

You get hysterical over a food stamps for the poor,... and you then label me as the mouth frothing idiot.

"I know you are, but what am I?" is your only defense. Or, you just use the "no it's not" response when you are informed that "this parrot is dead".

 

[Hacp]

More government waste ftw.

 

[rudder]

This sounds like it isn't the union but the way the law is written that he found the loophole. He actually did work for the city for a long time, and it sounds like he would have probably had pension anyway. But found a loophole to make his pension much higher than it should be. This is a problem with how the law is written it looks like to me.

Also this is Chicago which doesn't have the best reputation for local politics.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...islation-watchdog-20110921,0,50695,full.story

lol, no one knows who was responsible for the law. But basically these union leaders pensions are based on union leader salaries and not city employee salaries. Of course there is no control over what they are paid as union leaders... but the city has to come up with the jack.

Yeh... he is just following the law... but why not do the honorable thing in this case?

 

[rudder]

Thread based on anecdotal news story allegedly proving some vague, ill defined generalization about "unions" is fail.

The bill was written explicitly to allow state employees to work for labor unions and have their pensions based on those union salaries. You are going to tell us with a straight face there was no political payola between Daley and the unions in getting this law on the books?

 

[Corn]

So, lets see - I call you racist trash,... and then you label me a racist.

You smack your lips at the thought of licking a rich man's ass,... and you then label me as the ass sick freak.

You get hysterical over a food stamps for the poor,... and you then label me as the mouth frothing idiot.

"I know you are, but what am I?" is your only defense. Or, you just use the "no it's not" response when you are informed that "this parrot is dead".

Sorry, but all I see is you projecting your fantasies and prejudices onto others. You are by far the most vocal ass licking racist on this forum and if confronted IRL by any of the typically nerdy members of this website to account for your ridiculous insults you'd shit your pants.

What a fucking pussy you must be to thug t3h internets, LOL.