What a lot of people do not understand is that there are two sides to every issue. If government workers gain a generous settlement, the bill will have to be paid by the taxpayer. That is you and me. If there is not enough money to pay the bill, it will go to the national debt to be paid with interest by our grandchildren. Why should we care as long as we are all right?
I don’t think it is fair for a lazy idiot to be promoted ahead of a competent worker simply because he was there longer.
I don’t agree with workers booking off sick when they are not sick. I don’t agree with reinstating a worker who has been fired for stealing. I don’t agree with the wage parity policy. It is just a gimmick to push up wages. I don’t agree with defeated politicians receiving huge benefit packages simply because they are not wanted.
I don’t agree with compulsory membership. If the union is so great, people would want to join. We live in a democratic country, why can’t workers enjoy the same democracy as the rest of the citizens?
I don’t agree with unions using unrelated third parties as a bargaining chip — ie. if health care waiting lists are extended for the benefit of unions, the unions are crossing the line.
There is too much secrecy with union finances and not enough secrecy when it comes to voting.
My objection to unions has to do with unfair practices. When unions use the word fairness, they mean benefits for themselves only. They don’t accept that fairness applies to both sides. They need to clean up their act.
Gerry Lepine
Summerland