Stupid Union News 1546- Union To City: Up Yours

From the LVRJ: "Las Vegas city officials should cut deeper into next year's budget, a move that might require additional layoffs, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday.
His directive followed news that members of the Las Vegas City Employees Association, by far the largest of the four city bargaining units, voted against giving wage concessions to the city...City Employees Association President Don King said it's his understanding that more layoffs are possible. The blame for the current situation, though, lies with the city, he said.
"There's very little, if any, trust right now in management," King said. "We don't know what to believe anymore. The rank and file are out there saying, 'The city doesn't care about us.' "
Almost 70 percent of his membership voted against wage concessions because there wasn't a guarantee that the reduction would save jobs, even though Goodman repeated for weeks that the only way to stop layoffs was for workers to agree to less pay.
"That's mixed signals," King said. "The city really needs to take a hard look at what it's doing.""

http://www.lvrj.com/news/union-votes-overwhelmingly-against-wage-concessions-91730114.html

In reality, the old farts in the union said "screw those just hired, we want our money". Because of this, about 150 employees will lose their jobs. Of course, this means there will be about 150 fewer union employees paying union dues.

Again, it shows where the union stands on issues regarding theCity of Las Vegas. They just stuck up their middle finger and said screw you to the City.

More Stupid Union News

From the Wausau Daily Herald: As a labor strike neared its fourth week at Merrill Manufacturing Corp., Steve Shew of Oshkosh joined about 50 workers and leaders from other unions walking the picket line today in a show of solidarity outside the factory....The plant, founded in 1916, operated at full capacity Monday with replacement workers, Taylor said. He declined comment on how many had been hired. http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100419/WDH0101/100419113/Striking-Merrill-workers-rally-together-over-labor-contract
So, a union goes on strike, the company calls it's bluff and now the union members are not working.
Apparently, the union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Lodge 2362, apparently doesn't understand that there is high unemployment. Unemployment so high that people are willing to be replacement workers and that the strikers, will have a very difficult time to find another job.
Unions have killed so many jobs and they are not smart enough to know it.