but.....if those employees had a contract with that company, the CEO would not have had the power to make such drastic cuts unless that language was specifically put in the contract. he would have been in breach of that contract. now he could have gone to the employees and renegotiated the terms...
a pay freeze, is different. if those employees were part of a union and their contract gave him the ability to do so, he was well within his rights. if their contract did not, then they would have a right to protest a breach of contract.
youre correct. they were granted the rights of collective bargaining per the contract. the semantics of this isnt the issue i wanted to discuss.
i simply see this as a contract dispute. the unions have a contract in place with the state. the state no longer likes that contract, so they need...
when the state agreed to give them collective bargaining "rights" its became a given right. (not the same as an inalienable right) thats what i meant by right.