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| Mayor Proposes End of Public Sector Unions |
| 2010-02-26 |
| A day after Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Robart floated the idea of scrapping public employee unions -- the reaction within his own city was swift. Ohio Police Benevolent Association lawyer Randy Weltman said the suggestion is laughable. "Without collective bargaining, [the city] has free rein to do what they want as long as they don't violate any laws,'' Weltman said. I think that's a feature, not a bug. Got it right on the first try. Must not have been educated in a public school ... Robart said union representation of public workers is proving to be too costly for taxpayers. The Republican mayor said he is confident there would still be plenty of interest in being a policeman or firefighter in the Falls if the pay and benefit package was less than it is today. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 free rein to do what they want as long as they don't violate any laws The Horror! Do these people ever listen to themselves? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-02-26 16:21 |
| #3 Robart has a better shot at missing a paycheck than Weltman. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-02-26 15:39 |
| #2 Ohio Police Benevolent Association lawyer Randy Weltman said the suggestion is laughable When his paycheck stops arriving perhaps Randy will see less humour in the concept. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-26 14:45 |
| #1 Interesting. It's long been noted that the traditional collective bargaining model gives too much power to labor in the public sector, but I haven't heard of any reasonable adjustments to even out the playing field. Perhaps it can only be fixed by the ususal pendulum process of dynamic systems - swings too far one way then too far the other. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2010-02-26 14:34 |