In the midst of a recession, while Americans are tightening their belts, big labor unions monopoly bargaining privileges are taking taxpayers for a ride.
The Examiner examines the data:
For decades, public sector unions have peddled the fantasy that government employees were paid less than their counterparts in the private sector. In fact, the pay disparity is the other way around. Government workers, especially at the federal level, make salaries that are scandalously higher than those paid to private sector workers. And let’s not forget private sector workers not only have to be sufficiently productive to earn their paychecks, they also must pay the taxes that support the more generous jobs in the public sector.
Rather than reforming the system, some members of Congress are pushing a scheme to force even more public employees, police and fire fighters, under union monopoly control. It’s time we trim the forced unionism power of government employee union officials before the country goes bankrupt.
I was appalled TO READ THIS. What if a doctor said –don’t help someone having a heart attack if they don’t agree with me-or a policeman said- let any person get mugged if they dont let us pick his pocket first. If you are paid for and assume the resposibility of aiding people you should not even consider who or what they are before you do what you MUST DO to be responsible contributing member in our society.That union official should exported to Dafur. A REAL American cannot decide to ignore a minority person’s call for help because of his personal prejudice or his greed without losing the respect of eVERYONE. HE IS DESPICABLE.