SaintB wrote:Coffee Cakes wrote:Government workers get a f---ing golden parachute that everybody else except for CEO's envy, not to mention that EVERY government worker is mandated to join a union. It's a disgrace. The only thing that the GOP wants to do is give workers the option of opting out of being in these unions, which in principle isn't a detestable thing at all. What's detestable is the politicians not showing up to work.
The bill in question destroys collective bargaining, guts the pay and the benefits of public sector workers, gives the government the ability to essentially fire any employee at will and forces the members of the union to make an annual vote to keep their union alive; the entire purpose is to destroy the Unions altogether without actually saying it. It also has provisions to sell pieces of the public infrastructure (gas and power lines mostly) to private companies on a first come first serve basis.
There is a lot more then public sector collective bargaining at stake.
By not showing up to work, the Democratic Senators in Wisconsin are showing up to work.
By not showing up to work, the Dems are depriving their constituents their right of representation. It's barbarically uncalled for. And have you seen the pay and benefits these "public" workers are getting? It's probably more than what the average private sector worker in a comparable position is making.
And if enough people don't want to be in the union, Why the f--- should it continue on?
And as far as the infrastructure, that part needs to be gutted.