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Offline The Village Idiot

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bus_drivers_take_two_months_off_s8BT0ngnrcK7uJRiGlJJvL


Thanks to a bizarre MTA policy and a union contract, city bus drivers are taking an average of two months off each time a rider spits on them.

This was revealed at an MTA committee meeting today where officials explained that they define an "assault" on a driver broadly enough to include getting spit on.

Under the drivers’ contract, each time they are assaulted they are entitled to take sick time to recover.

Last year 51 bus operators reported they were spit on and got to take an average of 64 days off, MTA officials said.

They said they believe some of those drivers were abusing the leave time policy and others were genuinely traumatized by being spit in the face. They said they were looking into changing the definition of "assault."

Altogether 1,500 drivers were assaulted last year in various ways, including being punched. "Some use no sick time at all," MTA bus chief Joe Smith said.



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Re: NYC Bus Drivers Get 2 Months Off when Spat On (Public Unions)
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 03:51:32 PM »
Just another way that unions are killing us.

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Re: NYC Bus Drivers Get 2 Months Off when Spat On (Public Unions)
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 03:53:52 PM »
So, basically, Al Q'aeda can bring New York to its knees by sending in a few guys to spit on all the drivers, to Hell with the bombs.  And it's a win-win for them, 'cause the Pakistani cab drivers will make a shit-ton of money on top of that, and AQ will get their share of roundabout donations on that end.

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Re: NYC Bus Drivers Get 2 Months Off when Spat On (Public Unions)
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 05:03:33 PM »
Solution: Enclose the drivers area with plexiglass......but then the union will object.
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