In a message dated 2/28/2005 11:50:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sn2hotty@... writes: Seat appeared to be torn, since it was covered with duct tape....
I really doubt this was done by a commuter. Perhaps it was done by a vandal on the train - who, most likely, was NOT a commuter. If it was - where was the...
An irate LIRR employee or a commuter tearing up seats on the train ?? Nah, I do not find either of those probable. My vote is with the vandal - you have many...
MTA Long Island Rail Road Service Alert All service running normally. MTA Long Island Rail Road Weather Advisory Tuesday, March 1, 2005 9:50 AM Due...
The mta.info website is just a complete blank page. I tried 2 browsers. I tried my LIRR bookmarks and got no results. I guess they're updating the site, but...
MTA Long Island Rail Road Service Alert All service running normally. MTA Long Island Rail Road Weather Advisory Tuesday, March 1, 2005 10:40 AM ...
MTA Long Island Rail Road Service Alert All service running normally. MTA Long Island Rail Road Weather Advisory At this time, there are no changes in service....
I never really understood why a distinction was made between weather related delays and service related delays. As a commuter, I just want to know how long I ...
Ok, I think I have removed the , but I will have to wait until the next alert to really see. I have also added a timestamp into the subject. One thing...
MTA Workers Asleep On The Job? By The Eyewitness News Investigators (New York -WABC, March 1, 2005) — Rail workers were sleeping on the job and got caught...
The expose was on the other railroad, MNRR, the one that everyone here says is so much better than the LIRR. Maybe we need to sleep more to make it better ...
Once again, the Unions are at it again. If I was asleep at my job, would I have a Union to protect me? And, why are they even back on the job with the Union...
You took the words right out of my mouth - especially considering the exchange that took place last week regarding the engineers union and how they should be...
i have to respond to this...again....this is one agency employing thousands of people...the overwhelming majority do their jobs and do them well...in my job...
I agree Phil. Unions have no place in a democracy. Lets support them only when they are in Poland and places like that. Anybody who even thinks of protecting...
Phil_Yanks wrote. ... You really have a hardon for the unions don't you??? Now I personally don't think that if these guys were found asleep on the job that...
... CLAP!!! CLAP!!! CLAP!!! I could NOT have said it better!!!! People forget, regardless of what type of job they hold, how much they STILL owe to the union...
MTA Long Island Rail Road Service Alert Wednesday, March 2, 2005 7:30 PM Due to an earlier disabled train west of Woodside, we are currently experiencing...
The consensus of riders on SOME eastbound PJ trains at night is that most of the crew heads to the rear cab once the train gets far enough east and who knows...
MTA Long Island Rail Road Service Alert All service running normally. MTA Long Island Rail Road Weather Advisory At this time, there are no changes in service....
First of all, I resent the fact that you are insinuating that I am a Communist. Second of all, I never said I was anti-Union in any way. I am merely pointing...
I'm sorry if you think it was a personal attack Phil--it wasn't. I'm sure your a nice guy. It annoys me how it has become "fashionable" to scapegoat unions...
Everyone complains about how incopetent the LIRR management is and then wonders why the unions are around to protect the workers. If your bosses were as stupid...
In a message dated 3/3/2005 3:59:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, phil_yanks@... writes: Awaits witty reply from mailsailes.... I have nothing to say that...
Sleeping on the job for LIRR employees including first line supervision has been an accepted practice for decades. When such workplace abuses were reported...