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With bus services slashed under the CTA's new budget proposal, CTA bus drivers made up a large chunk of around 2,000 CTA employees who received layoff notices in the mail. The jobs will be laid out over the next two months as the transit authority prepares for a budget shortfall of nearly $300 million. [Sun-Times]
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Chicago gave UAL a $24m tax incentive to move here.
MillerCoors, $20m.
Willis Holdings, $4m.
But the men and women that drive you to work get pink slips. Fucking criminal.
2/3d of their budget is manpower but they have an absurd number of senior staff. McKinsey could go in and clean house in a week if someone really wanted to. Laying off bus drivers is an agenda driver.
Next comes a tax hike. They already got their fare increase. We are so screwed.