... 'cuz they're doing Mayor Bloomberg's job as well as their own. (And the mayor gets paid $1 a year.)
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How's
that?
Some background: Michael Mulgrew and Lillian Roberts head up New
York City's United Federation of Teachers and the city's largest civilian
union, DC-37, respectively. The two unions' members make up the bulk of the New
York City workforce.
During this year's budget season, ended last Friday, Bloomberg left it entirely up to
Mulgrew and Roberts to decide how many employees New York City needs to deliver
adequate public services to taxpayers and citizens.
... Bloomberg decided that union generosity -- i.e. cost
"givebacks" -- would determine whether the city experienced teacher
layoffs as well as civilian workforce cuts.
...
But it is not union leaders' job to decide how
many workers New York needs. If the city needs those 4,100 teachers, it's the
mayor's job to find a way to pay for them. Same thing with the civilian
workforce.
...
The mayor's approach comes straight from
"That 70s Show."
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