‘Out of touch’ unionized public employees strike over 14.5 percent raise

Illinois Watchdog ^ | November 19, 2013 | Benjamin Yount

[Q-ManRN]

Taxpayers in Will County have offered its public employees a hefty pay raise and are willing to pick up 90 percent of the cost for their health insurance, but that’s not good enough for members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1028.

The labor stats show 35 percent of government workers are in a union, compared to just 6 percent of private-sector workers.

The same report shows that unionized public sector employees are paid 27 percent more than private-sector workers.

“County employees pay one percent of their salaries for single coverage and two percent for family coverage,” a press release from Will County Executive Larry Walsh states. “The new plan calls for employees to cover an aggregate of 10 percent of the cost of their insurance.”

That means taxpayers still would guarantee 90 percent of the health insurance costs for workers.

[Q-ManRN]

We have got to get rid of public sector unions. These workers are supposed to serve us, the public, not some fat cat union cronies. These union pension plans and high wages with virtually no union worker participation in paying for benefits are bankrupting cities around the nation. Detroit and cities in California are just the tip of the iceberg.

[Q-ManRN]

Public sector unions are ruining our cities.

[nascarnation]

Illinois is one of the three “golden states” along with California and New York.

They are the bedrock of the Democrat electoral strategy - 104 electoral votes locked in with no need to spend campaign money.

That’s why they will be the ones to get federal guarantees on their state bonds.

[huldah1776]

Should be illegal.

[Navy Patriot]

Jurupa Valley, California, a city of 100,000 formed two years ago about 50 miles (75 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, will file papers in December to revert to an unincorporated area of Riverside County, Mayor Verne Lauritzen said.

Jurupa Valley will kiss it's unions goodbye.

[EagleUSA]

Just more union EXTORTION. Move along, nothing new here...

[Nachum]

Let them strike and fire every one of them.

[hal ogen]

Fire the losers.

[GeronL]

bump

[Travis T. OJustice]

Public sector employee unions should be outlawed. ESPECIALLY teachers unions!

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

And, would this be one of the unions who’s boohooing over having to pay the same Obamacare “reinsurance” tax that the rest of Americans have to pay?

[veracious]

All government employee unions must be removed from reality. The whole concept is so obviously full of gew I can’t even go there.