The case against public sector unionism

[FuzzyLumpkins]

"Social justice" now extends to preventing middle class Caucasian pedagogues from making contributions for their health and pension benefits?

Pedagogue? Where? i see some talk of communism but that does not jive with your assertion.

is the contract they negotiated open ended or is there a time limit to it?

[Wild Cobra]

It should be illegal for Unions to require companies to only Hire union employees... and it should be illegal for unions to gain mandatory wage garnishment.

Their " he" should be voluntary.

Agreed.

[101A]

Unions are Union first... not worker first, not worker's jobs first.

Speaks the truth.

My wife's in a union (APSCUF - Pennsylvania professors). The EMPLOYEES of APSCUF formed their OWN union.

[Marcus Bryant]

Speaks the truth.

My wife's in a union (APSCUF - Pennsylvania professors). The EMPLOYEES of APSCUF formed their OWN union.

Awesome.

[Marcus Bryant]

Pedagogue? Where? i see some talk of communism but that does not jive with your assertion.

is the contract they negotiated open ended or is there a time limit to it?

Pedagogy predates Marx and Engels. By a few millennia.

And it is their profession, all nostalgic pretense for the little red schoolhouse aside.

[boutons_deux]

union-bashing rampant, but mgmt is never bashed.

VRWC brain-washing extremely successful, you dumb s.

[Marcus Bryant]

Yeah, I've seen no criticism of elected public officials in this forum. Back in your cage.

[boutons_deux]

"mgmt" is private-sector mgmt, you know, the guys making 400x the avg US salary while Real Americans' household income has stagnated for 30 years.

[Marcus Bryant]

Not in this case. "Mgmt" is the politician and the people are the shareholders, as it were.

If antipathy towards public employee unions signifies membership in the "VRWC" that term has a different meaning than what you appear to believe it does.

[boutons_deux]

The VRWC has poisoned millions of suckers against their own interests, against all govt, against unions, etc. while deflecting the true blame from the VRWC themselves.

The VRWC has really won, and America is in permanent decline.

[boutons_deux]

The Tea Party Is Winning


Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation’s capital. You would never know that it’s taking place at a moment when unemployment is still at 9 percent, when wages for so many people are stagnating at best, and when the United States faces unprecedented challenges to its economic dominance.

No, we are acting here as if the only real problem the United States confronts is the budget deficit, the only test of leadership is whether a president is willing to make big cuts in programs that protect the elderly, and the largest threat to our prosperity comes from public employees.

Take another five steps back and you realize how successful the tea party has been. No matter how much liberals may poke fun at them, tea party partisans can claim victory in fundamentally altering the country’s dialogue.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/print...ning_20110220/

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the tea party is financed/duped by the VRWC

[RandomGuy]

The article is correct. The term "public servant" used to have meaning. It should be an honor and privilege to work for the government. Not an en lement.

Because presently, everybody who works for any government is a spoiled .

Right?

[Yonivore]

Because presently, everybody who works for any government is a spoiled .

Right?

Unionized government jobs? Yes; yes, they are.