Originally Posted by ofofhy
Actually the union wants the employee contribution to be a given percentage of salary, rather than SEPTA's proposed given percentage of healthcare costs. This way a first year bus driver would have to contribute less money than one of the higher paid managers. This would ease the financial burden on lower paid employees.
It kind of makes sense, but in effect they are looking for blood from a stone. SEPTA has zero money, and this strike certainly isn't helping matters.
What kills the negotiating position for the Union is that SEPTA's full operations work at a losss. Every day there is a strike is a day where they lose less money than they normally do. Kinda takes away the negotiation stance.