The Ralph C. Dills Act
Brown Ignored Union Bill’s Warnings
October 19, 2010 Filed in:
Unions
Anthony Pignataro, Cal Watchdog One of the few actual, honest issues in
the California governor’s race has also been one of the least
reported. And while it’s an old issue – dating back to 1977 – it’s
nonetheless fascinating. “Back when Jerry Brown was governor nearly
35 years ago, in his first day in office, he gave public service
unions the right to collective bargaining,” Republican Meg Whitman
said back in April. Her time was off by two years, but the point of
her argument was true enough: that granting public employee unions
the right to bargain collectively for better pay and benefits paved
the way for our state’s current unfunded pension liabilities, which
may top half a trillion dollars...