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red states rule
09-24-2011, 03:29 AM
Yea, unions are looking out for the working class and "little" people. And this "protection" only costs the taxpayers millions each year in Phoenix




Phoenix taxpayers spend millions of dollars to pay full salary and benefits for city employees to work exclusively for labor unions, a Goldwater Institute investigation found.

Collective bargaining agreements with seven labor organizations require the city to pay union officers and provide members with thousands of additional hours to conduct union business instead of doing their government jobs.

The total cost to Phoenix taxpayers is about $3.7 million per year, based on payroll records supplied by the city. In all, more than 73,000 hours of annual release time for city workers to conduct union business at taxpayers’ expense are permitted in the agreements.
The top officials in all of the unions have regular jobs with the city. But buried in the labor agreements are a series of provisions for those employees to be released from their regular duties to perform union work.

For top officers, the typical amount of annual release time is 2,080 hours, a full year of work based on 52 weeks at 40 hours each. They continue to draw full pay and benefits, just as if they were showing up for their regular jobs. But they are released from their regular duties to conduct undefined union business.

Union officials say the time is a good investment that leads to a more productive workforce. Critics say it amounts to an illegal gift of taxpayer money.

http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/6327

ConHog
09-24-2011, 12:29 PM
Yea, unions are looking out for the working class and "little" people. And this "protection" only costs the taxpayers millions each year in Phoenix

THIS is an example of where cuts need to be made across the board.

red states rule
09-26-2011, 02:36 AM
THIS is an example of where cuts need to be made across the board.

This is part of the Dems money laundering scheme CH. Tax payer money goes to keep union workers on the payrol. Those union workers pay dues. Those dues are taken by the union bosses and part of that money is sent to the DNC as campaign contributions

So the taxpayers are paying a portion to try and keep Dems in power