Unions do not care about the public or its needs. They want more money, bigger benefits and free health care and pensions for life—paid for by people that earn less than they do and pay for their own health care.
To a union private sector workers wallets belong to them. The unions will strike, close down facilities, slash tires or do anything they need to in order to force government to take your money and make you poorer—while making them richer.
LA County Workers Rally for Higher Pay
California County News, 9/30/13
LA County labor organizers are urging their members to participate in a rally this week after the news that their contract with Los Angeles County is set to expire. The point of the march and rally is to spread the word to the public and media of their frustration with the county said a local labor organizer.
The current contract is set to expire today, Monday September 30th, but now it is no longer possible for a new one to be ratified by Tuesday because the LA Board of Supervisors cancelled their meeting for that day. An action that Norma Herrera, a worksite organizer with SEIU Local 721, called “cowardly.” County officials say they were forced to cancel the meeting on September 10th when they discovered they would not have a quorum that day.
It doesn’t help that county officials and labor organizers are still discussing several aspects of the contract. Workers are set to receive a 6% raise over 30 months, but a proposal is still being debated—whether to raise the amount employees pay for medical coverage.
A flyer being passed around the Hall of Administration to promote the march and rally says that for many workers, the raised cost of health care would be more than the pay raise, resulting in an overall pay reduction. However Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky says they are describing a “worst case scenario,” and that the issue is still being discussed.
Read more on the contract and rally here.
