re: #274 andres

So, the right to bargain collectively isn’t a right?

Does anyone really think that the state is planning to “bargain” with each state employee individually? Or MAYBE when people refer to changes to the collective agreement, they mean just that?

Has anyone here read the actual bill? Or do we just accept the shorthand we are being handed?

FOR EXAMPLE ONLY: IF the state can link public sector wages to inflation and take ONLY that negotiation out of the UNION/STATE bargaining, it might just help with a budget (and taxes) that can also be linked to inflation.

Yes, they also would like to make each employee pay for more of their benefits.

The way you are talking you would think the plan is to take the union leaders out and shoot them.