What more does a state worker need to be worried about other than their salary?
They aren’t private citizens. They serve and make their money on the taxpayers of their states. I’m “extreme” enough that I would propose to disallow any state worker from having the right to vote on any state tax proposal. I also wonder why the state should have any role in collecting union dues and giving them to the unions. That’s a direct conflict of interest, isn’t it?
“What more does a state worker need to be worried about other than their salary?”
I think we should refer to people who are employed by the government as DEPENDENTS because that’s what they really are.
They also don’t get a salary, they receive “Allowance” and they are getting way to much.
That’s just one of the things that AFSCME negotiated on behalf of its membership (deducting dues directly from the member’s check and forwarding it to the union).
The teachers want to be able to negotiate class sizes etc. Tough tamales.