BART Strike: Who do you stand with?

[LastVoter]

BART wants to give the workers a 12% pay raise over the next 4 years. The workers want more. I stand with BART! Hopefully cooler heads will prevail soon or I hope Governor Brown forces them back to work. And the legislature should draw up legislation preventing such strikes in the future.

Half the story hasn't been told:

After not having a pay raise for the last 5, yes.

Which is why there are not two sides/stories.

[LastVoter]

Wouldn't indexing the minimum wage to inflation just be like a dog chasing its tail? That's how it has often seemed to me. Same thing for cost of living adjustments.

But if there are going to be cost of living adjustments, why are additional raises necessary for the same job and the same work? Individuals are entitled to higher pay just for their seniority, but that's usually part of a fixed wage ladder. What is the point of the extra money above and beyond the COLA?

And the wage freezes only have that effect if people have come to expect raises. It will affect earnings for everyone, insofar as they will think they "deserve more" (often on the backs of taxpayers, without regard for debt and deficits). They're still being paid. Nothing is being taken away.

Wage freeze+ higher medical cost = ?