BenNatuf
Limit Authority
That defeats the purpose. The reason for the legislation is the taxpayers and the state cannot afford the present and projected expense.Then Grandfather it like they are doing with some public unions in CA....don't change the rules for the players in the middle of their career. Would you like that for your job?
The alternative is if grandfathering is done, massive layoffs of employees. At that point thse workers would receive a servarance plus any benefits due. No pension. No health insurance. The result is the same.
What is better, serveral thousand people with NO job and no benefits? OR everyone gets to keep their job with fewer benefits and limited collective bargaining?
At the end of the day, workers are going to get less.
All workers must sacrifice. It is what it is. Done.
The public workers unions have taken pay cuts and have picked up more on their health care.....those are substantial and tangible sacrifices to save money.
Tell us how much money the loss of collective bargaining saves for the state. Give us a figure.
off the top of my head they save 61M by not having to buy HI for teachers from the teachers union.
Is that enough?