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A public (employee) apology

As negotiations have heated up for Oregon public employees, I’ve wondered a few times at my prior posts about the state of public employee pay and benefits. I have to admit, I was a bit wrong about benefits not being … Continue reading

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What does the union do besides protect stupidity?

Last time, I discussed how the private sector is pretty bad (though admittedly not as bad as the public sector) about retaining incompetent employees. …but all I really did was prove that the private sector ain’t all that great. Those … Continue reading

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Unions protect lazy, incompetent employees

Today, continuing with my “public employees suck!” theme, I’m going to address another interesting and confusing myth: the belief that unions protect the lazy and incompetent workers. Really, this argument is ridiculous. I hear it a lot, and apparently the … Continue reading

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Incompetent public employees with ridiculous benefits, and the evil unions protecting them

Public employees are the DEVIL. That’s what I’m hearing a lot lately. We cost the state too much. In Wisconsin, they have limited negotiation rights now, and here in Oregon we’re looking at various cuts to our benefits to help … Continue reading

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