Comments on: San Jose’s Biggest Union Says Its Members Will Strike for 3 Days Next Week

By: Whatever

Whatever — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:38:14 +0000

Perhaps you could make 20% more in the private sector (and perhaps you should), but you cannot touch the pension you will receive from the city in the private sector. And the more you “take home” today, the more we have to pay for you when you retire at 55. In my opinion you are all very well taken car of already. But my point is that Public Employee Unions should be abolished. They are not fair to the public.

By: Kari Davisson

Kari Davisson — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:33:19 +0000

Us union city workers WANT to work for the people. We make less money and have more work than most all of our counterpart municipalities, and we are one of the thinnest staffed big cities in the nation, if not THE thinnest. Those of you saying we have no right to strike have no idea about the situation. I could make 20% more, minimum just going to a private sector job literally a block away, but I WANT to work for my community. I WANT to make it better. The City needs to take care of those of us who take care of YOU. Please consider learning more about our situation before you judge us. Did you vote down raising property taxes? Well, that’s also part of the problem too, if you did.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:53:56 +0000

They are unionized against the public, it’s a simple fact. Wishing that away does not make it true.

It is unfair and should be stopped, and even made illegal, for public employees to unionize. Even the most famous of all Democrats, FDR said so.

They can still organize themselves, they can still stand up for themselves, they can still be community members, and they can still be dignified human beings of ANY color, all while not being union.

Unions exist to fight/force management to do what the union wants. In this case, management is our publicly elected representatives (i.e. they are the public). Thus the union is fighting/forcing the public, or said another way, they are unionized against the public.

By: Claude Remanes

Claude Remanes — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:42:43 +0000

Yeah!!! These yahoos have no right to be organizing in their own neighborhood to stand up for themselves! Maybe some entitled white person should come along and really teach these clowns a lesson.

By: S

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 03:20:16 +0000

They aren’t unionized against the public. They are unionized so that they can stand up for themselves as laborers and human beings. They are community members too.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 22:14:43 +0000

Public Employees should not be allowed to Unionize against the public.
This is just one example of why.