10-21-2020, 08:54 PM
(10-21-2020, 08:23 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: It's an interesting dichotomy here. CA is obviously extremely liberal, so you'd assume that they'd be very pro union. Well, they are, for the private sector. The political tide is definitely turning against public sector unions. It's interesting and rather revealing, ideology can definitely take a back seat to financial considerations, especially when the public mood is in your favor.
It has been illegal for a long time here in Virginia for the public sector to engage in collective bargaining. So they didn't say "no unions!" but they made them pointless. As of July 1, local governments in Virginia now have the ability to engage in collective bargaining (we're Dillon Rule, so localities only have authorities expressly granted to them by the state) but state agencies still lack any ability to do it. Even the four higher ed institutes which have unique management agreements that grant them a high level of autonomy from the state remain unable to do so.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
