Teachers, other unions, drive in reverse
October 14, 2010 Filed in:
Budget & Finance
| Unions
Column: Teryl Zarnow, The Orange County
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America, we focus on staying in drive. Moving forward feels like it
brings us closer to progress and greater prosperity. But the
current economy is difficult precisely because it feels like we're
doing the opposite of what we want. These days, few are getting
ahead, many are falling behind, and the best case, often, is to be
stuck in neutral. Union contracts graphically illustrate the point.
Gone are new deals that call for increases in workers' salaries and
benefits. The object today is to hold ground or mitigate the loss.
Teachers contracts offer an example...