Posted on 03/04/2011 10:15:02 AM PST by freespirited
ORANGE — A dozen Town Hall clerical and custodial employees won the right to get coffee and milk paid for by taxpayers, and the town must reinstate dress-down Fridays, officials said this week.
Recently, the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations sided with United Public Service Employees Union Local 424-Unit 21, saying the town violated the Municipal Employees Relations Act by retaliating against the union for attending and making certain comments at a Jan. 26, 2009, Board of Finance meeting.
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seems like retaliation to me - they spent a lot more on legal fees than on the coffee. the manager had a hissy fit, and his actions cost the town, not the unions.
I live in the next town over from Orange, Milford.
Government employees are very petty.
Fire them all and hire non-union.
This is what the public employees are concerned with? How about a little more concern for doing the job you were hired to do?
This, in a small town “nutshell”, explains what on a large scale is wrong with the relationship between civil servant unions and governments. Also why our governments are flat broke.
This is ridiculous.
At the last place I worked we had one of those food service coffee makers and we each brought in a couple cans of coffee each month if we drank it. I worked there for several years and the honor system wasn’t much of a problem. I liked it better than having it provided because I like dark roast and so I could get some while I was working because that’s what I brought in and I could try out different kinds.
Why can’t these people just bring their own?
They're making a very specific point. Do you realize what it is?
The ruling isn’t surprising. Connecticut is run by socialists/communists.
I live in Naugatuck!
“I live in Naugatuck!”
I grew up in Naugatuck. Graduating Naughy High in ‘67 when the town smelled like burnt rubber and glue was the drug of choice. Them were the good old days.
Nothin a few hits of blotter acid wouldn’t fix.....random drug tests for everybody !
Wheeeee !
Windowpane would be just as effective and wouldn’t leave any paper pulp behind.
Just sayin’..
Lol...man I hate unions.
Stay safe !
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