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Kicked Out of County, Darth Union Strikes Back

Donald103 Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 10:35 AM

People do not get it-there is no money for some of this stuff. They don't seem to understand that we are all in the same boat. if the boat sinks, we all sink. Spending more than one has can only result in disaster somewhere down the road. A country that has the luxury of having the world's main currency has more leeway to print money and borrow it, but that ability depends on the trust of the lenders in the borrower. That trust can be eroded by unwise fiscal policies. Donald W. Bales

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SpaceVegetable Wrote: Oct 04, 2012 11:42 AM

Union parasites don't care about the health of the host organism. As long as they win today, they could care less about the taxpayers or even the future of the workers. They seem to think that there's a magic pot of money somewhere that will keep funding their ridiculous demands. After all, they've gotten away with it up to now, right? I think they're in for some very rude awakenings. Taxpayers are reaching (have reached, in some cases) the tipping point.

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Kicked Out of County, Darth Union Strikes Back

All over the country, union leaders are demanding that communities cough up extra cash to help “make teachers whole.” And unions around the country are testing the waters with teachers by asking teachers in budget stricken districts to vote “no confidence” in the community to send a message to taxpayers to cough up cash or else.

Note: This is an important update to a previous story about one county that kicked out it's public employees' union.

The “or else?”

Strike.

In Chicago, the teachers strike was preceded, as it has been elsewhere, by a token “vote of no confidence” circulated by the Chicago Teachers Union, an...