Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Firing Public Union Workers Creates Jobs

Public unions in New Haven, Connecticut have not yet gotten the message that business-as-usual no longer flies. I am quite happy with that because the city responded by dumping public workers and privatizing services, and that is exactly what needs to happen.

Firing public union workers actually creates jobs.

How so? Let's start with a look at the union position as described in War Is On In Custodian Negotiations http://www.newhavenindependent.org/inde ... war_is_on/

Three hours after school custodians blasted the city for threatening to privatize their jobs, the city released a counterattack: It revealed results of a surprise inspection that found custodians watching TV while they were supposed to be at work.

Negotiations were already “on the verge of disasterâ€