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I get that Democrats are not too good with basic math, but let me try again. How is the following cutting wages? And, not giving someone more determination over their life?
If you cut / freeze the pay of public sector workers, purchasing power in the economy drops. If you dismantle their union, wages drop because they lose their ability to organize in numbers to demand a better wage.
Dag nab it! This is getting like whack-a-mole. Seems the people prefer Conservative governors. And, just look what the people get. Another union busting, against the people, Republican Governor.
Newly elected IL Governor, Bruce Rauner, has issued an XO, relieving 6,500 state employees, who are not part of the afscme, of their required 'fairshare' paycheck deduction. It will be interesting how this holds up in the courts. Indiana Gov Mitch Daniels did something similar in IN., via XO. It stood up.
But this is IL, home of Jimmy - where is he - Hoffa, and all that is attendant.
Illinois legislature is Democratic supermajority, so his influence is limited.
The bad:
Illinois people will consume this crap and eventually vote for more nut jobs that vow to cut their wages. Race to the bottom will commence. Illinois will be happy to join Indiana in the ****ter.
With the history Illinois has in the political arena, I wouldn't be bragging too much about them.
Maybe you recall the Daley family. And where are the LAST 2DEM governor's?
You should be mandated to be prudent. If you don't join a union, collective bargaining has no strength. If collective bargaining has no strength, labor is at the mercy of employers. You cannot negotiate a fair wage if the guy next to you is willing to work for slave wages because he is unemployed.
If you cut / freeze the pay of public sector workers, purchasing power in the economy drops. If you dismantle their union, wages drop because they lose their ability to organize in numbers to demand a better wage.
"If you dismantle their union," No if you dismantle the union, the BIG union bosses won't have money to spend on (buy) MORE DEM politicians.
When the employer is a politician, it is better to be in a union. Take Teachers in NC, no union and earning around $33k, politicians in Raleigh control their earnings and the local school systems have problems keeping enough teachers.
Its a market based system we live in and politicians do not want to pay market rates, a union would be better at negotiating Salary and bennies. Thats why civil servant unions are needed.
So, you're just going to ignore the question. Is that because you feel someone should be forced to allow another to bargain on their behalf?
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