In my column this week I try out the idea that in the middle of theglobaleconomiccrisis (has anyone named their band Global Economic Crisis yet? Is that still up for grabs?), protecting workers’ collective agreements becomes more important. Because apparently that’s become just so nutty that we need 900 words to make a case for it - considerably more than the current accepted wisdom, “ARGLE BARGLE GREEDY BASTARDS!!!!!”
“I’m not sure I buy into the idea that these times require concessions,” says Ferguson. “This is a crisis largely driven by the banks and bad credit, and I find it disingenuous that the city would ask its employees to bear the brunt of an economic situation not of their making.”
Certainly, a lot of other employees out there are thinking the same thing. One has to wonder: are complaints about civic workers expressions of outrage or just jealousy of workers who still have the power to stand up for themselves?