[lowbridge]

New York is having the same problem:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/new_york_pension_timebomb_ZMXZXjd4ZEBLgSPjAlfQgJ

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6304CG20100402

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/unions_won_new_york_loses_awNPCY1wC5RMthwIoNUhNJ

[Leo Carpathian]

In upstate NY, teachers were for freezing or taking pay cut in order to preserve employment for fellow teachers. Mighty union insists on pay raises.
The result? Bunch of teachers fired.
Insane, unrealistic, bullying thugs!