Posted on 09/03/2010 9:08:12 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Unbelievable. In Oregon the reg'lar folks are losing their jobs right and left. And the bad luck for those actually paying the bills, the taxpayers, gets even worse because Oregon's politicians have made sure that the state's public employees unions get an automatic 5% pay raise starting this Wednesday!
5 percent pay increase for state union employees begins Wednesday
SALEM (AP) -- A step pay increase of nearly 5 percent for Oregon state workers represented by unions goes into effect Wednesday.
Some workers will get the pay hike immediately and the rest on their hiring anniversary, the Statesman Journal reports...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
Looks like some chose a better career path than others.
They have also been taking several days of unpaid furlough.
Us non-govt. types are doing unpaid furlough, too.
The article is factual, but, as usual, fails to mention that while state employee salaries were frozen, teachers continued to get their step increases and cost of living raises. More money goes to education (and their union) than any other government segment.
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