Spitting on New York: Union outrages at the MTA and beyond

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Two months of paid leave for MTA bus drivers to recover from "assault" by spit?

News that this is routine, thanks to a contract clause, has outraged New Yorkers. But MTA Chairman Jay Walder's drive against such wasteful practices has the unions spitting mad. One of the nicer things transit workers recently called Walder in an online forum is a "tightwad micromanager . . . who manages through fear rather than respect."

Others wish the union had "taken action months ago with rule book slowdowns, mass protests at Walder's house"...

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