After years without pay raises or proper health and pension benefits, Harbor Bay Ferry workers had a close brush with yet further indignities, when management threatened a pay cut in response to baseless “fare box recovery” rate numbers. As we went to press , management had backed off, at least for the moment. It’s especially unfair, because Harbor Bay Ferry workers are best of breed.
Proud members of the Inlandboatmen’s Union – On the left; the afternoon crew: deckhands Louis Nickles, Tim Patrick and Captain Laura Smith. On the right, the morning crew: deckhand and nascent Captain Shannon McNutt, deckhand Mark Figari and Captain Rocky Harris.
Published: June, 2005
After years without pay raises or proper health and pension benefits, Harbor Bay Ferry workers had a close brush with yet further indignities, when management threatened a pay cut in response to baseless “fare box recovery” rate numbers. As we went to press, management had backed off, at least for the moment.
It’s especially unfair, because Harbor Bay Ferry workers are best of breed.
They’ve forgone pay raises and done without benefits to keep the service running; crew members regularly perform mechanical maintenance to save money and, in the case of afternoon deckhand Louis Nickles, have even been known to make personal deliveries on behalf of passengers to Paris (Nickles is Parisian and dropped off a package on one visit home).
