Regarding Tuesday's The Citizen headline “Public worker unions oppose concessions; Despite state's fiscal crisis, unions say they won't reopen contracts.”
Who do they care about? Of course we already knew that answer. The leaders, then the members and then the ones who provide the money. It's always the public that gets screwed.
They are like the politicians: Hold up other peoples money, but don't you dare hold up ours. Most of the public knows the unions (CSEA, PEF, etc.) are pretty much guaranteed yearly raises along with a pension twice what factory workers would get (top heads of course get more). Better medical plans. But still they have the nerve to bitch like all the rest of us about taxes, etc.
I believe school teachers are under one of these unions. Want their raise every year as if they have no idea what the economy is doing. The problem is they don't care! “I want mine and I want it now.”
It is pretty much a fact that more money doesn't get our children a better education. With a 65 percent graduation rate, Auburn teachers know that. That point is rather hard for parents because these, uh, highly educated people persuaded our politicians to stop mom and pop from teaching discipline at home. Bus drivers can't teach it on the buses to and from school.
But they can always say, “We got ours.” Good job from all of you.
Ed Mack
Port Byron
They are like the politicians: Hold up other peoples money, but don't you dare hold up ours. Most of the public knows the unions (CSEA, PEF, etc.) are pretty much guaranteed yearly raises along with a pension twice what factory workers would get (top heads of course get more). Better medical plans. But still they have the nerve to bitch like all the rest of us about taxes, etc.
I believe school teachers are under one of these unions. Want their raise every year as if they have no idea what the economy is doing. The problem is they don't care! “I want mine and I want it now.”
It is pretty much a fact that more money doesn't get our children a better education. With a 65 percent graduation rate, Auburn teachers know that. That point is rather hard for parents because these, uh, highly educated people persuaded our politicians to stop mom and pop from teaching discipline at home. Bus drivers can't teach it on the buses to and from school.
But they can always say, “We got ours.” Good job from all of you.
Ed Mack
Port Byron
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brew1234 wrote on Nov 16, 2008 9:35 PM:
stevedallas wrote on Nov 16, 2008 9:29 PM:
Joe911 wrote on Nov 16, 2008 12:51 PM:
Does the state Department of Correctional Services really seem fair? The only cuts are those that protect public safety. Shouldn't the Department of Correctional Services be forced to pool resources like administrators and legal services like other agencies are being forced to do? If the state work force is being scaled down, then why not scale down the staff working for the Governor's Office of Employee Relations?
If the population of the inmates is down so dramatically, then why do we not see reductions to the Building 2 population management positions, superintendents, deputy superintendents, inspector general positions and volunteer services?
How about the inmate benefits to free health care, prescriptions for male breast enlargements, flat-screen TVs, cable and direct TV, and congenial visits?
We should see equal cuts to all the above but yet we do not. Now does that seem fair? "
dd wrote on Nov 16, 2008 11:08 AM:
rd wrote on Nov 16, 2008 10:49 AM: