The tax payers in some California cities are beginning to fight back against these UNIONS. San Diego and San Jose have just voted to curtail union demands. FAIR or FOUL?
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2012/06/07 14:49:28
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These California cities, and I'm guessing that there will be more of them have voted to "RENEGE" on the promises made by other past politicians, and will force these STATE UNIONS to re-negociate their salaries, medical insurance, and retirements, because the TAX PAYERS finally realise that all these past agreements with the unions are unsustainable.
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none 2012/06/07 15:54:23FAIR: The tax payers have finally realised that these agreements made by past...
+4Trade union and private sector unions work and help the members. Public sector unions do nothing but work for themselves and bankrupt cities, counties,and states with their unreasonable demands. We'd be better off without any public sector unions and I'm happy that two cities in the land of fruits and nuts have finally seen past their liberal roots and are doing the right thing for a change.
The people who did the negotiating in the past should have known you cannot trust politicians.
I've had a couple of cops admit that one main reason their bad apples can get away with so much is that their unions are so strong.
Why do police, of all groups, need a union?
Membership in private unions has been dwindling steadily over the years. Because most of what they needed to accomplish is done. Now they mostly just mark time, in case they're needed again. Except for groups like the NFL players' union.
Now *there's* a group that doesn't have to worry about their employers abusing them.
Anyway. You seem to be worried that the government will abuse its employees worse than private sector employees have decided on their own.
I have very mixed feelings about unions in general. But I don't have any sympathy at all for public sector employees. If they can't the government, then that's just more proof that neither can the rest of us (as if we needed any more).
What sounds like a good idea to one population segment obviously sounds like a horrible one to others. I guess the important thing is to try it and see whether it works.
It seems blatantly obvious to me that CA's current setup is a disaster. Others will keep trying to milk its government until it has to admit it's bankrupt.
The danger there, of course, being that the feds might decide it's too big to fail and bail it out. This is another reason they shouldn't be trying to manipulate the economy.