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two-faced. dominique strauss-kahn wants a u.s. judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him linked to a sexual assault case. the criminal charges were dropped but the accusers filed a civil case. the former imf chief claims he has diplomatic immunity when the case was filed. im zain verjee in world business today starts next. good morning from cnn london. im charles hodson. this is world business today. the top stories this tuesday, september 27th. at home and abroad, greek transit worke...

Transit workers claim a passenger spat on me. 51 of them took an average 64 day off. have you ever been spit on? >> yes. i dont like it. but i wouldnt get 6 for 4 days off. >>reporter: we have had folks sat upon that have gotten hepatitis. spitting the eye and got eye infection and have taken significant amount of time fall for that. >>reporter: union always have reasons why taxpayers must pay. why do government officials agree to the deal? >> unions do what union do. if you are dump enough to n...

Middle class with benefits like these. union transit workers reached top pay grade after three years. they take lots of they can get to a good pension before 85. >> why isnt that fair? >> most people work until 65 or longer. >> lets address that. we work in disgusting conditions work warned human fecal matter dead rat and breathe in steel dust all day long getting the system running when folks like you are sitting in the studio interviewing guys like me. is that fair? >> to make that fair you ge...

Logging and most dangerous of all fishing. much more dangerous than police are tran it. logger dont require at 55. people who fish for a living. >> i dont know about them. >> i look at most deadly jobd. fishing isnt up at the top logging garbage woshtion transit workers way down. >> this is the richest country in the world. we cant afford you any more. >> that is absurd statement. >>reporter: bill school man bus company come petitions with the mta. >> they are paid, so much higher than what a pr...

Just three. 83 transit workers claim a francity worker spat on me. 51 took an average 646 days off. >> have you ever been spit on? >> yeah, actually. i wouldnt like it but i wouldnt get 501 da -- 51 days . >> they have been spit in the eye and got eye infections and have taken significant amount of thyme for drops. why do the government officials deal with people? union dells union deals. most of those elected are managers we are not egypt of managing 222 million people in the public sector. >...

A fourth of the workers more than 15 sick days in the private sector they wouldnt last long. >> its not through a quarter of the people take sick days? >> 25 percent of the work force is babies. in the private sector they are women getting pregnant. >> how long is the -- >> i am wondering why there is so many sick days. >> i am telling you. there are a significance amount of new york city transit workers are women where it never was like that. >> there are a lot of women around herhere. >> when ...

A fourth of the workers more than 15 sick days in the private sector they wouldnt last long. >> its not through a quarter of the people take sick days? >> 25 percent of the work force is babies. in the private sector they are women getting pregnant. >> how long is the -- >> i am wondering why there is so many sick days. >> i am telling you. there are a significance amount of new york city transit workers are women where it never was like that. >> there are a lot of women around herhere. >> when ...

Just three. 83 transit workers claim a francity worker spat on me. 51 took an average 646 days off. >> have you ever been spit on? >> yeah, actually. i wouldnt like it but i wouldnt get 501 da -- 51 days . >> they have been spit in the eye and got eye infections and have taken significant amount of thyme for drops. why do the government officials deal with people? union dells union deals. most of those elected are managers we are not egypt of managing 222 million people in the public sector. >...

I dont know many in the middle class with benefits like these. union transit workers reach top pay grade after just three years. they take lot of sick day with full pay. they can get to retire with a good pension at age 55. why is it fair. >> why isnt that fair. >>reporter: most people cant. most people work till 65. longer. >> eats address that. we work in disgusting conditions. we work around human fecal mat. dead rat. we breath in steel dust all day long. out there keeping the system running ...

Middle class with benefits like these. union transit workers reached top pay grade after three years. they take lots of they can get to a good pension before 85. >> why isnt that fair? >> most people work until 65 or longer. >> lets address that. we work in disgusting conditions work warned human fecal matter dead rat and breathe in steel dust all day long getting the system running when folks like you are sitting in the studio interviewing guys like me. is that fair? >> to make that fair you ge...