----- Original Message -----
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Unions Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp
> At 08:11 PM 1/27/01 -0600, dendrite wrote:
> >> P.S. Before you accuse me of hating unions - you should known that I AM
> >> America's Unions - AFGE Local 12.
> >>
> >There are good unions and bad unions, good contracts and bad.
>
> Well, yes. I was speaking in generalizations here.
>
> In many places the unions are changing. The brief description of your
> contract sounds like one change. IN some Federal Agencies, the General
> Schedule pay rates are being replaced by "pay bands", based on years of
> service *and* merit.
Basicly what you describe sounds like govment work anywhere union or not, to
me.
>
> For the most part, however - I consider the actions of the unions to be a
> primary reason why nurses, teachers, etc. appear to be underpaid.
>
In the case of the teachers, they work for the gov, and people dont want
higher property taxes to pay for the raise. With the nurses, the doctors and
administration are unwilling to share what is left of the wealth.
xponent
rob
