I just saw an article that says that the average compensation for a subway worker in New York City is a breathtaking $170,000 and for managers, it's $280,000. Think about that.
The New York Transit Authority and it's sister agencies at the MTA have been under attack for poor maintenance that has led to all sorts of delays and disruptions in service over the last year. The response from the agencies is that they lack the funds to keep the maintenance current. Are they kidding? The median household income in the USA is $59,000. That means the average subway worker makes about three times more than the median household income. In many of those households, there are two workers earning a living, but their total is still about a third of what the subway workers make. I realize that working in the subway ought to carry reasonable compensation, but $170,000 is ridiculous.
Just imagine if these jobs were thrown open to the public in New York and only qualified workers were hired. Does anyone doubt that a salary of $90,000 per year would draw huge numbers trying to gain employment?
Add on the penchant for the MTA to build palaces instead of a functional system and one can see why the maintenance of the system was underfunded. The MTA board was spending on unreasonable wages and monumental new structures that beggared the maintenance of the system and put the average rider in a substandard train.
These people should all be dumped and some semblance of order brought out of the chaos of the MTA.
The New York Transit Authority and it's sister agencies at the MTA have been under attack for poor maintenance that has led to all sorts of delays and disruptions in service over the last year. The response from the agencies is that they lack the funds to keep the maintenance current. Are they kidding? The median household income in the USA is $59,000. That means the average subway worker makes about three times more than the median household income. In many of those households, there are two workers earning a living, but their total is still about a third of what the subway workers make. I realize that working in the subway ought to carry reasonable compensation, but $170,000 is ridiculous.
Just imagine if these jobs were thrown open to the public in New York and only qualified workers were hired. Does anyone doubt that a salary of $90,000 per year would draw huge numbers trying to gain employment?
Add on the penchant for the MTA to build palaces instead of a functional system and one can see why the maintenance of the system was underfunded. The MTA board was spending on unreasonable wages and monumental new structures that beggared the maintenance of the system and put the average rider in a substandard train.
These people should all be dumped and some semblance of order brought out of the chaos of the MTA.
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