Posted on 03/03/2011 4:42:10 PM PST by Libloather
Federal Workers Thrive Without Collective Bargaining
By Chris Stirewalt
Published March 01, 2011
FoxNews.com
When the president of the United States takes time to denounce a single bill in a state legislature as an “assault on unions,” one might be forgiven for thinking it contains some groundbreaking stuff.
But, in fact, the controversial plan in Wisconsin and similar legislation in Ohio, Tennessee and elsewhere would in many ways treat state workers the same as employees of the federal government.
For all of the thunder we’ve heard from the president and his party about union busting, what’s been proposed is more akin to bringing the federal standard to the state level.
The Republican plan for states has two key elements.
First, government worker unions would lose the power of collective bargaining for benefits and work rules. Pay rates could still be bargained for, but in Wisconsin, anything beyond cost-of-living increases would go before state voters in a referendum.
The lack of collective bargaining power hasn’t put much of a damper on federal compensation. Federal workers out-earned their private-sector counterparts in the same jobs by an average of more than $7,000 according to a USA Today report. And on benefits, federal workers brought in, on average, over $30,000 more than those not employed by the feds -- $40,785 vs. $9,882.
Second, state agencies could no longer be “union shops.”
In Wisconsin and many other states with collective bargaining for government workers, state employees have no choice as to whether or not to join a union. If a majority of workers has ever voted to organize an agency, everyone in the section is shoved into the union. The state then automatically docks workers’ paychecks for union dues, which are then handed over to labor leaders.
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The Feds are so corrupt they do not need it.
Those promo’s should have been used for toilet paper...
Forcing everyone to join a Union is somehow seen as "fair"??????
Why would they need CB? Obama is shoveling our cash at them as it is.
No union for me,why would I give up my 7 weeks paid vacation.
Oh, yes.
Notice the lie told by FOX ~ "private-sector counterparts in the same jobs" ~ and yet, the private sector, particularly the FOX "counterparts" do earn more, not less.
That old goat who owns FOX makes sure of that!
Please help me out here....name the government news agency anchor that gets paid less, and looks better than their Fox News counterpart. And how much do the Fox News anchors make, if you please.
I have no idea why you think those Stalinist warhorses that do news flak stuff for the federal government would be interesting ~ do you?
Just any federal office ~ go in there ~ wander around ~ you'll see some TOP QUALITY CHICKS!
Federal employees are under the Hatch Act which, among other things, forbids political activity on the job. No mandatory union membership. Not a member, no money to the union. No union dues money can be spent on political contributions, only voluntary donations to the PAC (which can’t even be talked about on federal property). If only this was done at the state and local level, things would be a lot more reasonable.
The comparisons were being made between private sector and their public sector “counterparts”. I just couldn’t ever remember seeing any government news agency on my television.
...but then, I don’t get all the channels either.
Certain women are hired for certain jobs for certain reasons. Murdoch doesn’t have the best of ‘em but he pays well (so I’ve heard).
I am sure they are well paid, because without them - the pols don’t get their interventionist policies implemented. It’s like extortion...
And, the “real income” for some of these Fed workers is the eventual revolving door benefits - consulting salaries on the “outside” with pressure groups is quite lucrative I’m sure, once you have “experience” on the inside (bureaucracy). . .
First one I found. I think this kind of stuff is mostly an “on base” kind of thing, but I seem to recall some cable networks showing it if there was a base in the local area.
Okay, watch CNN then.
You humorless apparatchik. You didn’t read the thread.
But I guess I've spent a little more time in federal bldgs than most.
We also know the standards for hiring the good looking chicks too.
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