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Old 02-22-06 | 03:57 PM
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Blue Order
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Originally Posted by ken cummings
I briefly worked for the city paratransit service. $7.50/hr and no benefits. Not minimum wage but bloody close. And an at-will contract which means a complaint or two and you are toast.
So what are you saying? That salaries in Hootersville are low? Why is that news?

In Portland, drivers are unionized. I don't know what they make per hour, but I can gurantee you it isn't even close to minimum wage. And I can also guarantee you that Portland bus drivers have great benefits. Same in San Francisco, New York, any big city. Drivers don't get aggressive with cyclists because they're poorly paid; they get aggressive because they can.
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