Enlightening data on the striking BART workers from the Washington Examiner.
The workers have been on strike since Thursday, the latest action in the long-running talks. The strikers demanded a 23 percent raise.
The proposed contract includes a 12 percent raise, but that is offset by 4 percent higher pension contributions and 9.5 percent higher health care premiums. Unions complain the offsets make the proposal a wash for them.
As the blog points out, even if the transit workers’ compensation package remained as is, the average annual pay is 75% greater than the area’s median household income.
