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Originally posted by sycamore
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And if not, break the union. Period. Screw 'em...I don't know of any other transit system that has struck as frequently as SEPTA. Besides, this city is a tad too unionized anyway.
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SEPTA never had strikes when managed by people who come from mass transit. When real management arrived, they found a system where even new parking for the regional rails was stifled because of cost controls. As Giancomi(sp) stated, every new parking spot is guaranteed new customers. But the previous MBA mentalities of cost accountants and political appointees could not understand.
Having addressed SEPTAs problems rather than blaming the union; no strikes. This is not the exception. Strikes in all industries are typically created by anti-American, anti-innovation, MBA mentalities. And so we have the symptoms of another mass transit management (the current management does not come from where the work gets done) that 1) has quashed all future growth plans, 2) institutes cost controls that only increase costs, and 3) blames unions for their problems.
How many strikes against Ford in the past 20 years now that Ford Motor is managed by car guys instead of MBA mentalities? None. No strikes in 24 years because top management comes from where the work gets done. How many strikes in 20 years against Chrysler? One, for eight hours in Kokomo IN. They struck because they demanded more work.
How many strikes against the MBA dominated GM? 30? 50? 70? A strike two years ago (summer) that shutdown all GM vehicle manufacturing - because GM management are MBAs - people who don't come from where the work gets done - people who use cost controls and therefore increase the cost of a GM car higher than Daimler Benz products - people who then blame the unions for their higher costs. Again: an adversarial management creates the adversarial union.
The same unions works for Ford, Chrysler, and GM - but only the MBA dominated GM has strikes because they are an anti-American company; therefore are quick to blame the unions rather than themselves - top management. GM and Septa have the strikes they deserve - just look at their top management.