Posted on 03/01/2011 6:25:16 PM PST by AZ .44 MAG
Do you think Arizona needs to crack down on public sector unions in the same way that Republicans in Wisconsin are attempting to do? Yes, No, Undecided
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Yes, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY!!
No, (We need to pay gubermint workers more than we make. Because, well, they are gubermint workers after all.)
Undecided, (Can I get a gubermint job too?)
Yes, but then, I think EVERY state should at least install the Wisconsin bargaining restrictions.
Yes, of course because as you said the state is BROKE!! At one point I was waiting for some “progressive” to unionize the illegals.
Yes 65%
No 33%
Undecided 2%
This one needs a push.
As a public school employee working in a “closed shop”, I am a member of our teacher’s union. I do not believe that my views are properly represented by this union, nor the CTA, nor the NEA. Plus, I believe that the union exists to further the union’s power, rather than being a true represenative to the members. So, while I might be cutting off my nose to spite my face, I agree that a crack down on public labor unions is needed, and not just in Arizona or Wisconsin.
Today Michigan announced that it was ending forced dues withdrawals from home based day care workers.
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/14685
Unions are getting their butts kicked all over the place.
Of course.
All States should.
"Those who do not remember the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them."
Should be easy enough for even an actual idiot to understand, elected or not.
Yes
71%
No
27%
Undecided
2%
Tough choice for you. I applaud you for your standing on the side of freedom and smaller government.
No 24%
Undecided 2%
For one thing, if every state did it, the Fleebaggers would have nowhere to flee but out of the country. Then we don’t let them back in.
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The main reason so many state and local governments are bankrupt, or on the verge of bankruptcy, is the combination of government-run monopolies and government-employee unions. Government-employee unions have vastly more power than do private-sector unions because the entities they work for are typically monopolies.
When the employees of a grocery store, for example, go on strike and shut down the store, consumers can simply shop elsewhere, and the grocery-store management is perfectly free to hire replacement workers. In contrast, when a city teachers’ or garbage-truck drivers’ union goes on strike, there is no school and no garbage collection as long as the strike goes on. In addition, teachers’ tenure (typically after two or three years in government schools) and civil service regulations make it extremely costly if not virtually impossible to hire replacement workers.
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - KGUN9 asked viewers: Do you think Arizona needs to crack down on public sector unions in the same way that Republicans in Wisconsin are attempting to do? Here are the results.
Yes: 75%
No: 24%
Undecided: 1%
Right after I voted! hmmmmm....
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