Scores of public employees used Monday's holiday to gather for a rally at the Capitol.
"Collective bargaining absent a right-to-strike provision was the key objective," The Register-Herald reports. The Charleston Gazette noted that "many were state Division of Highways workers who believe recent state equipment auctions are a sign the Manchin administration is moving to privatize road upkeep."
MetroNews opened with the workers' calls for a fair wage. The Associated Press focused both on the fears raised by Highways workers and allegations "concerning job vacancies at the Department of Environmental Protection."
"A union for state workers alleges DEP has failed to collect hefty fines from polluters," and "is calling for a legislative audit," AP reported.
19 February 2008
State Workers Vent at Capitol Rally
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If they don't like "collective bargaining absent a right-to-strike provision," let's take away the collective bargaining.
As for a fair wage, that is one which an employer is willing to pay and an employee is willing to work for. Since we have no shortage of people willing to be state employees, the current wages are fair by definition. If we have a hard time filling a particular job at the current pay, I'm in favor of increasing the pay until you get a pool of qualified candidates. That's how the real world works. It should work for the sate as well.
I wish some of these people would get fired. We would really see a reduction in the size of government if some of these lazy slugs had to get a real job.
While I doubt that my ballot shares much in common with clear eyes, I bet that I've found something (non-hot dog related) that we agree upon: the state gov't is waaay too bloated. We have a government built to serve 4-5 million, not 1.5.
It is time to trim the fat in Charleston.
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