Transit Union Plays Nuclear Terrorist Card

In response to Union Hires Non-Union Workers at Minimum Wage to Protest a Company Hiring Non-Union Workers “Harm” commented …

Now that Mish has brought to light every conceivable form of labor union hypocrisy and corruption (and I must admit, he really hit the mark on this one), can we move on the *other* evil “unions” that are robbing us all blind?

Hold your horses.

Please consider the following image snips from the New York Metro “News” Report Attack on Iran will start war, won’t stop nukes.

“Harm” I believe you stand corrected, in less than a day I might add. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at other transportation news.

Pittsburgh Port Authority: $7 suburban fares possible

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Port Authority: $7 suburban fares possible

Fares on suburban commuter routes could rise to $7 or more and service could be slashed 25 percent or more as the Port Authority tries to dig out of its latest financial hole.

The authority faces a $50.6 million deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1 despite three years of financial reforms that have produced $52 million in annual savings, CEO Steve Bland said.

State aid, which makes up about half of the authority’s income, has not increased in four years and is scheduled to decrease by $25 million, to about $159 million, in the coming year because of the failure of the Legislature’s Act 44 transportation funding law.

Enacted in 2007, it relied heavily on generating new toll revenue from Interstate 80. That plan was nixed by the Federal Highway Administration this spring, leaving the state with a giant deficit in its highway, bridge and transit budgets