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I’m in a public employee’s union in a Right To Work state. It takes $20 out of my paycheck each payday for dues, plus some BS “pre-paid legal” fee of $7.50 that is just a kickback to an attorney up north somewhere for services that are less useful than Legal Zoom.com.

I work as a SCADA Programmer for a utility company. I make the same money or a little less than I’d make if I was in the private sector. I do get good benefits such as a health care plan and a couple weeks vacation each year. And I could retire at age 55, except that I left the private sector when I was 42, so I have to work until at least 62 before I can retire.

I brought skills to this job and I do good work for my pay. Through my efforts, I automate an entire wastewater collection and treatment system so very few people are required to operate it, saving the customers a lot of money each month.

Our contract forbids strikes or slowdowns, and we have worked without a contract since 2010, which means no raises since October 2009.

We supply water and sewer to 600,000 people and have some of the lwest rates in the state. How am I an intestinal parasite?

[ We supply water and sewer to 600,000 people and have some of the lwest rates in the state. How am I an intestinal parasite? ]

Because you’re an ENABLER...
Whats worse the addict or the enabler?..

“I work as a SCADA Programmer for a utility company. I make the same money or a little less than I’d make if I was in the private sector. I do get good benefits such as a health care plan and a couple weeks vacation each year. And I could retire at age 55, except that I left the private sector when I was 42, so I have to work until at least 62 before I can retire.”

Lets start with that retire at 55 thing. Do the taxpayers that support your salary have the same option? How much of a match do you get on your 8% contribution? Does your retirement come with a medical package? In the private sector we wait until we're at least 65 to retire many of us don't get matching contributions into our 401’s and we contribute 10%, some don't get 401’s. No we have to rely on our own savings plans and SS with no guarantee either will be enough for our future. Nobody working for the government should be able to retire any sooner than the people paying their salary. Government retirement systems are what's breaking city's, counties, states and entire countries.