Over at Piece of Work In Progress, Kirsten tells how AFSCME and SEIU sold their represented workers in Sauk County down the river. In exchange for 33 more months of forced union dues, AFSCME and SEIU both ceded more than what the budget repair bill would have forced (emphasis in the original, typo corrected):
So, according to each of the revised contract drafts (a representative sample of which you can find here), the county would have the power through 2013 to:
- Implement a 0% pay increase each year
- Hire and fire at will in the face of economic difficulty
- Change or even abolish pay classifications
- Determine type and level of healthcare coverage offered
- Increase healthcare contribution levels over time
- Set the level of pension contributions
The kicker – the SEIU and AFSCME sheep went along with it, while the clerical workers in the sheriff’s office turned it down.
