Was talking to my Mail Carrier and he is pro union...
Seems his experience is entirely different than mine...
He has needed the union because of bad leadership.
Where I never have. I've been blessed with some pretty good bosses. Mostly.
I heard a blurb that the collective bargaining process in WI would take from 12 to 15 months to resolve the benefits issue.
The Govenor obviously felt it was something that could not wait. Hence legislation to make it happen now.
Instead of reserving their right to future bargaining rights the unions in America have gone ballistic.
IMHO they have blackened their own noses and, personally, I'd just as soon have them stripped of all collective bargaining rights.
Look it's *NOT* the end of the world!
The contract can be renegotiated next time it comes up.
But, instead of planning on collective bargaining, in the future, the unions have effectively admitted defeat and given up the ghost...
It's about time, IMHO!
Which is really sad because there really are employers that exploit their labor force, do not act in good faith, and where a union is essential.
(Unfortunately, the few places I've worked under those types of conditions, were also places where they just as soon lock you out as to negotiate. After all such a thing is beyond their control and uncle sam has already given them the money!)
Bill Wald:
For years union members in good faith have taken benefits in lieu of cash pay. Now in bad faith the employer claims he is only reducing benefits, not pay. Might be hard for Baptists to understand the concept . . . .
REALLY? There was no negotiating required under previous administrations. The unions asked and they got whatever they wanted.
Surely anyone as ~smart~ as a teacher should have been able to see that they were living in a la-la land and it couldn't go on forever?
Surely, of all people who should have realized if it's too good to be true, it probably is just that!
TANSTAAFL!
