[Mpls] RE: Bus Strike

[Cooney, Dale]

On 3/3/05 9:50 PM, "Michael Thompson" <mthomps at mninter.net> wrote:

> Making $20 an hour to drive a bus (a bus!!), and they wanted more from the
> public teat? No wonder we're going broke.

I think bus drivers deserve every penny they get. I wouldn't want someone
who has the lives of 30 people in their hands getting paid McDonald's wages.
People complain about communing in traffic for 45 minutes at a time. Try
doing it for a living.

Also, I don't see how 40 K a year is okay for a paper pusher (a paper
pusher!!) in a DT office highrise, but not okay for people who have to deal
with the stress and danger of driving a bus every day.

Dale Cooney
Whittier