mrswdk wrote:Bernie Sanders
earns $200k a year and looks down on Tube drivers earning $70k as
'little guys', and yet despite being such a big shot only reports a miniscule net wealth of
$300k,
way below the net wealth of even the median American.
Is Bernie cooking his books? Where is his hidden wealth flowing from?
Here's your quote on those overpaid Tube drivers, your words not mine.
Re: Protests
Postby mrswdk on Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:58 pm
iAmCaffeine wrote:
mrswdk wrote:
4-day, 32-hour week schedules (for which they get paid $70-80,000 a year).
Got a source for that?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33459515A tube driver's starting salary is 49,000GBP ($75,000), for which they currently work 36-hour weeks. The 32-hour thing is something I remember reading in a Standard article about the Tube strikes - part of the deal being offered to them in return for the launch of 24-hour Tube services is a 32-hour, 4-day week rota (although they've gone on strike so many times about this unfair deal that 24-hour Tube has now been punted into the long grass).
$75,000 a year, with 43 days holiday and no need to ever put in more than 36 hours a week, in return for making a train move jerkily forwards along a set of tracks (when they aren't delayed or cancelled). It's nice working in the European public sector, huh?
Yes, you funny and ridiculous [with a Chinese accent]