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I feel like I am on a different planet from people who worry about individuals losing their jobs with transit automation. Doesn’t it almost always happen through attrition? Chicago going down to OPTO on the L, Paris automating the Métro – did anybody lose their job?

the25hurts.bsky.social@the25hurts.bsky.social

Yes, the fact that displaced operators in Norway wouldn't suffer is the point. They have a strong social safety network to ensure they aren't left behind. We can't complain about individuals with antisocial behavior in the US when we have a hostile system and then add to their ranks through AVs

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

11 Aug

So why do they resist it, even when it involves pay raises for workers who haven’t yet retired (as the MTA pays for OPTO)? My theory is that the union is screwing its members and looking out for its employees – they spread conspiracy theories to preserve total dues to preserve their own jobs

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Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

Or maybe it’s about keeping contributions from current members up for pensions/healthcare in retirement? If so, yet another reason why backloaded public sector compensation is so fucked up

11/8/26, 6:55 pm1 repost31 likes

First Class Duck

@firstclassduck.bsky.social

12 Aug

FWIW, why would the union care about contributions when it's the *employer* that manages the pension plans at most transit agencies that still have pensions?