What constitutes “fair compensation” is a hotly
contested point. The District acts as if we’re overpaid and greedy. They
inject this propaganda into a largely unsympathetic public mindset via
local media. The last time, this tactic was successful for them. Most of
those whose valuable support management hopes to secure however, have
not endured hours in the seat. They haven’t been screamed at, spat upon,
threatened at gunpoint, punched or stabbed. Their bodies have not been
subjected to the repetitive motions which gradually wear us down.
Numbers and innuendo are management’s game. Yet upper management isn’t
as vital as we are in competent transit operations. We could still
efficiently do the job without them; they could not do our duties and
simultaneously manage themselves.
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