Financially-strapped Nevada city declares state of emergency to suspend union contracts
Read more: Financially-strapped Nevada city declared disaster | Fox News
It's starting to happen. Unions cannot go on as they were.
After five years of declining property taxes, massive layoffs and questionable spending, leaders of the blue-collar, family-oriented city outside Las Vegas declared a state of emergency, invoking a rarely used state law crafted for unforeseen disasters.
No matter that the statute, which allows municipalities to suspend union contracts and avoid paying scheduled salary increases, doesn't actually include fiscal emergencies among the list of potential disasters.
"It says, in case of 'emergency such as.' You can't list how many different types of emergencies there are in the world," City Council member Wade Wagner said of the move, which will save the city $9 million.
Read more: Financially-strapped Nevada city declared disaster | Fox News
It's starting to happen. Unions cannot go on as they were.