RockyRacoon
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- May 25, 2012
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So pension reform is somehow equivalent to segregation?
puhlease.
Government jobs are just that; jobs.
The terms of employment are set by the employers not the employees.
Taxpayers are the employers of government workers and we should have a say in the terms of employment.
We've seen what happens when public unions sit at a negotiation with politicians who receive campaign contributions and endorsement from the very unions with whom they are negotiating and it's about time it stopped.
Terms of employment should not be set by the employer alone. When that happens you end up with 80 hour work weeks with no overtime. No safety guidelines.
Moot points all. Labor laws are in place to address these issues.
No recourse for grievances. No benefits. No job security whatsoever. No joint sacrifice in the well being of the company.
Every private company i have ever worked at has a grievance policy and job security is never guaranteed nor should it be. We've seen what happens when people can't be fired.
And Sorry but as a business owner I've already sacrificed and risked more than any employee of mine ever will.
h.There's a reason why the unions rose to power and government rules and regs were enacted at the turn of the 20th century. Left to their own accord, an employer has no incentive to treat their employees any differently then any other resource it needs to function. Obtain it at the lowest cost possible. The health, safety and well-being of the employees be damned! All employees whether public or private should have the right to collectively bargain for pay, benefits and working conditions. As a taxpayer, you do have a say in the terms of employment for public employees. It's called the voting boot
Unions had their place but now they are not needed. We have a myriad of labor laws on the books that the public will not allow to be repealed.
And you have the right to bargain but your employer does not have to accept your terms. If you want to walk off a job and strike then you should take the risk of losing your job. There are plenty of people who want to work and if you don't that's your problem. What you don't realize is that a job is the employers property not yours.
And when was the last time the terms of a public employee contract were put on a ballot?
I'll help you out here: Never.
Public union contracts are negotiated by people who accept union money. It's the very definition of conflict of interest and corruption.[/QUOTE]
Of course your not going to vote on the contract because we live in a representative democracy. You vote for the people that negotiate the contract. BTW I'm not a big labor guy. I think unions have a place but reforms are needed. My point is only that the employer should not have all the power like you stated.