Hey Waspman, here we are again, with a new war, but a justifiable battle that needs to be waged..
This may be a war that these cretins wish they hadn’t started, AGAIN.. This time we should go for the jugular, and challenge the legality of public unions as a concept..
If an employee of the people can lobby, and intimidate their employer with the threat of paralyzing the needed service, where is the justification for having the service be a public run enterprise.. Just privatize the entire project..
Render government employees and Unions unneeded and therefore, unnecessary..
Here in CA back in the 70's Jesse Unruh sheparded legislation through to allow public employee unions and of course Governor Moonbeam signed it right away!
We have tried several ballot measures (since we had some success with Prop 13) to do what Scott Walker has done in WI. The unions here just freaked and enlisted every organization, especially 501(c)3's all the way from environmental nut groups to minorities to even churches to beat every one of these down to defeat.
One that really upset us in the 90's was www.defeatprop226.org that was to stop the closed shops from extricating dues moneys for political purposes. So you're right! It's WAR!!! (from where I sit)
Sure miss our mutual french friend, the lovely Angelique. Those were the days... (sigh)