20 Public Employee Press, January 2011 Answering the Big Li about city workers’ pensions By GREGORY N. HEIRES A s deficit hawks rbougoopubl-mploypnon, you oulndc 37 rrrpnng r goln yrng vr nppng mpgn. in rly, mny o55,000 dc 37 rr, prulrly oo lo-gnnon- proonl job, nr pnon nsol sury juo rby. Mny lvy ororr-rbor llvngr pnng yrn lo- nmoly pyng joblompromourrrmnnl-rovrg. “ag, i vnvr von ni n’pln or on,” doroy srpspr, 83. “i on’vmony or .” hobouvng? “forg! i goo py my bll.” trrmmbr osol srvemploy- Unon Lol 371 lvn on-broom o-op n Bronx. hr monly pnon nom$815, ng$1,372 rom sol sury. ar mng r ouolxpnnrugglng o py on y bMy’, lll. “i’roug,” . nAvingfA AindAkln Rz, rrlrl orr, monly nomobou$2,200. syn upporrlon , bun’qurrl y ny vngor rny y. Rzrvupporrvrom lnn Bronx nr loo. Burll no longr bblo orr- vr $5 lng llmnbuolooy unng unr Myor Ml Bloombrg’bugmoon. Morrdc 37 orrrn NYorcy employRrmnsym, provypl dc 37 pnonr $17,200 yr. tBoroeuon Rr- mnsym ovrounodc 37 rro orn nonng ool jobngvrgpnono$13,600. vicinAnd dBwmopnonnsol sur y, mny dc 37 rrrugglo p up r rn. Rgulr ngouuplru- rnrouoquon nomo romonrorlour— nomo unon or lp. “Our lnon rrb, n’vry ro up onyou no longr vnomrom job,” Robra. Mrn, oror odc 37 Munpl employLgl srvprogrm. Ovr yr, MeLs o ounorrnnl nlgl roubl. “ty vmproblmlooy mployy bnrup, orlour, bollon nvon— problmrr lmnomnunrlyng onomy,” Mrn . MeLs lpng srly for, ormr Lol 372 mmbr o gng orlourpro- ngon Bronx ourlvrugr ngrnugr. t’s no life of luxury Kathleeezek ose homas PEP photo by Gregory N. Heires
