The most useless strike threat averted!

[Cheese]

New York doormen avert strike


NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York doormen doffed their caps to relieved New Yorkers on Friday morning after a last-minute contract deal between apartment workers and owners averted a strike, sparing well-off city residents from having to hail their own taxis and take out their own trash.

Now who here woulda thunk that DOORMEN had a union?

Doormen get contract.

Doormen currently earn an average of about $37,000 a year, the union said. They also receive tips for special services and as recognition on holidays.

[HOZ]

Thank goodness for labour sanity! I'd be bumping doors everywhere!

[Radically Red]

oh the humanity.... Rich folks would have to open there OWN doors and wave their hands for cabs... good thing they payed up.

Of course those Doormen so have a right to be payed for dealing with these same folks. Good on them making those hard done by folks pay more.

[Incinerator]

Holy , $37Gs US a year for opening doors...

[StoneCole]

$37,000 seems like a lot, but you have to remember, this is New York...the cost of living is very high. $37,000 really isn't that much in that town.

[RougeUnderoos]

Just for interests sake the starting teacher's salary in that town is 41 grand. They don't get tips though.

[Calgary Flames]

Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode "What? You think you're better then me?" haha

[Cheese]

Rouges comment led me to search salaries in the Big Apple...heres a decent article.

$$$$alaries in the City

Bartenders
The tipping point

Bartenders have a high burnout rate. It isn't only the odd hours. At a downtown watering hole, a night's shift will put $200 to $250 (minimum wage plus tips) in your pocket, but you might have to slide patrons a few free drinks to get the tips rolling. At some of the hotter clubs where there's music, you don't get to build a clientele, but the volume of customers can yield $300 to $400 a night. Barkeeps at a fashionable spot like Asia de Cuba rake in $500 to $600 in an evening. Still, these guys rarely work more than three nights a week. If you want steady money serving drinks, a hotel is the place to be. Hotel bartenders are union members; they make $17 an hour plus tips -- and benefits. A good bartender at the Plaza's Oak Bar can make $50,000 to $70,000 per year including tips; $100,000 isn't unheard of.