Because ours is dominated by Democrats and they did this:
"House votes to restrict unions; Measure would curb bargaining on health care" by Michael Levenson, Globe Staff / April 27, 2011
House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns.
I was wondering WHAT KIND OF TAXPAYER-PAID FOR PLANS those FAT-ASS POLITICIANS have!
And I am REALLY GETTING TIRED of blaming the COP, TEACHER, and FIREFIGHTER for all our problems!
The 111-to-42 vote followed tougher measures to broadly eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees in Ohio, Wisconsin, and other states. But unlike those efforts, the push in Massachusetts was led by Democrats who have traditionally stood with labor to oppose any reduction in workers’ rights.
Unions fought hard to stop the bill, launching a radio ad that assailed the plan and warning legislators that if they voted for the measure, they could lose their union backing in the next election. After the vote, labor leaders accused House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and other Democrats of turning their backs on public employees.
Translation: CORPORATE CAMPAIGN CASH is NOW KING even in Massachusetts.
“It’s pretty stunning,’’ said Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. “These are the same Democrats that all these labor unions elected. The same Democrats who we contributed to in their campaigns. The same Democrats who tell us over and over again that they’re with us, that they believe in collective bargaining, that they believe in unions. . . . It’s a done deal for our relationship with the people inside that chamber.’’
I can understand his sense of betrayal at the hands of Democrats. Mine began when they escalated the wars.
The battle now turns to the Senate, where President Therese Murray has indicated that she is reluctant to strip workers of their right to bargain over their health care plans....
Union leaders said the bill was an assault on workers’ rights....
Representative Martin J. Walsh, a Dorchester Democrat who is secretary-treasurer of the Boston Building Trades Council, said collective bargaining rights helped build the middle class.
“Municipal workers aren’t the bad guys here,’’ he said. “They’re not the ones who caused the financial crisis. Banks and investment companies got a slap on the wrist for their wrongdoing, but public employees are losing their benefits.’’
He is SO RIGHT about THAT!
Related:
Memory Hole: Massachusetts' State Budget
Mass. State Budget: Screwing Cities and Towns
Massachusetts Sales Tax Swindle
Just wanted you to see where all the money is going, fellow citizens and taxpayers.
Up for ANOTHER INSULT, unions?
The timing of the vote was significant. Union leaders plan today to unleash a major lobbying blitz with police officers, firefighters, and other workers flooding the State House. Taking the vote last night at 11:30 allowed lawmakers to avoid a potentially tense confrontation with those workers, and vote when the marble halls of the House were all but empty.
Yeah, we get that kind of sneaky s*** in Massachusetts all the time.
See: The Perils of One-Party Politics: The Ruling Party
The Perils of One-Party Politics: Massachusetts' Democracy
Now you know where the bills come from.
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Also see: Mass. House Hates Unions
