Quantum Windbag
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The Gov. want the union members to pay more toward their pensions and toward the health care, he wants to limit their collective bargaining powers to "wages" only. It's either that or a massive layoff.
The area I feel he is over reaching with is the trying to stop the union from collecting dues, and with the whole having to certify every year. Those moves just look petty.
The limiting of the bargaining power to wages only is basically adresssing my last few points about inane work rules.
Why should the government collect union dues? He is not prohibiting them from collecting dues, he just wants them to stop doing it through the payroll system. As for the re certification, that might be petty, or there might be a legitimate reason for it. I would like a bit more information about it before i decide, but I think you have a point.
On the other hand, it might be nice to make them re certify after the new law passes, just to be sure that more than half of the teachers actually want a union. There hasn't been a vote on the issue for decades, and no teacher has had a choice in all that time.