Fortunately for the Rats, the government is still hiring more SEIU members and teachers
Fortunately for the Rats, the government is still hiring more SEIU members and teachers
Fortunately for everyone else, the Obama Hope and Change doesn’t seem to be working very well at all.
Fortunately for everyone else, the Obama Hope and Change doesn’t seem to be working very well at all. /sarcasm
Doesn’t matter. It’s the Gov’t unions that really count - SEIU, AFSCME, CSEU, etc....
“long-term impact on unions and their finances”
I smell the stench of impending bailout.
They have a bad strategy. Driving their employers out of business means fewer jobs.
The natural result of them driving their employers out of business with their antiquated wage scales, work rules and job banks.
They’ve focused on organizing government workers thinking that they can suck their employer dry, and if it’s a government agency, the gravy train will keep on flowing.
They’re putting that to the test in California though.
If you have no job, you can’t pay the dues.
My guess is that a huge part of that 10% drop comes from the collapse of auto industry.
For the first time in American history, more union members work in government jobs than in the private sector.
You tax dollars at work.
Wait till if cap n trade passes. Manufacturing, transportation, energy unions - gone. Govt unions - 3 jobs for every private sector job lost.
And the union bosses have no problem with that. They’ll sell the factory guys down the river.