New Jersey Turnpike Authority Union Wasted $43 Million Of Taxpayer Money On Perks

$3million split among how many people? or is that each?

some people just dont get it. the point is simple, Joe.

oh I realize the point. I was simply wanting to know how severe. If it was split among 3000 people the story would be more along the lines of paying government employees too much. Rather then higher up corruption.

In the private sector, this sort of thing only happens in profitable companies, or they eventually collapse. Well, except in cases where government (tax-payer) bail-outs keep such companies on life-support so they can syphon yet more money into already deep pockets.

Where governments and government organizations are involved, such misdeed can continue for ever. They just deeper into tax-payers' pockets. Where are the anarchists when you need them? ;-)

Waste of taxpayer money by the government? Shocking!

And they wonder why the Unions get a bad rap?

Unions would have a bad rep, even if they were totally clean. The idea of laborer-represented extortion and the *right* to a job (while the employer loses his right to choose his employees) sound decidedly un-American.

can't blame the workers for the agreement between them and the government you have to look at both parties but if I was a workers I would try to get as many bonuses as i could just like any other field unionized or not.

yes, but would you threaten the company into getting bonuses via striking? This is where unions deviate from just activities.

Joe there have been Walkouts in nonunion businesses as well.

http://peoplesworld.org/non-union-workers-strike-california-hotel/

that's stupid. If they wanted more pay they should have went to another company. If no one is willing to pay them more, they don't deserve it.

Joe if you have had years and years of your life invested in a company it would not be so simple to just walk away. The best case scenario would be to find an agreement that fits both parties.

yes, you should be able to have years of your life invested in a company and be able to walk away. That experience can be highly valued other companies. And many times the only way to move up corporate ladders is to move sideways to another company.

Examples like this are why it's called the "legalized mafia".

I say there should be a day(maybe) a month where everyone just puts their EZpass's away and change away and just zoom thru tolls!!! After all, what are they going to do? Ticket and throw everyone in jail?

I can't imagine how much some employees in the NY/NJ Port Authority make. Imagine, $12.00 or so tolls for driving over the GW Bridge or Verrazano bridge!!! Big bucks are going into a whole lotta people's pockets!!

Skinny I wouldn't go as far as calling them a legalized mafia. They are just like you and I in reality. Everyone wants the most for there time and money. Consider the fact that no one wants to work for nothing and businesses want to pay you the least amount of money they can to make a larger profit. The hard part is finding a middle ground. You just cant villainize the workers when honestly the Tolling management set up and agreed to the contracts when they could have hired government workers from the start.

One of the problems that I see with unions is that if your co-workers vote to unionize, you have no choice (short of quitting) but to become part of the union as well. If I'd rather work directly with the company, why shouldn't I be able to? Instead I'm forced to give a portion of my salary to the union? Ridiculous!