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A fourth of the workers more than 15 sick days in the private sector they wouldn't last long. >> it's 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 they are pregnant how much are they -- >> you will find out. you dwoo have an answer for it. i got...

A fourth of the workers more than 15 sick days in the private sector they wouldn't last long. >> it's 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 they are pregnant how much are they -- >> you will find out. you dwoo have an answer for it. i got...

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 wouldn't like it but i wouldn't 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. >> some didn't seem to care. he became governor of new jersey. many negotiated a fat union

I don't 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 isn't that fair. >>reporter: most people can't. 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 when folks like you who are sitting in a studio interviews guys like me. is that fair. >>reporter...

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 isn't that fair? >> most people work until 65 or longer. >> let's 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 get to retire at age 55. >> absolutely. >> cops and firefighters think they deserve that pay because...