Monthly Archives: September 2010

Laws Allowing Local Government Employee Unions and Collective Bargaining have Promoted Corruption

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mike

Public Employee Unions and Corruption

The laws that allow public employees to form unions and engage in collective bargaining have created an inherent and unavoidable conflict of interest, and massive political corruption that is driving cities, counties, and states towards bankruptcy. Public employee labor unions, especially firefighters, police, school teachers, and nurses, provide campaign support to help elect the politicians who will be their bosses and determine the terms of their labor contracts, including salaries, benefits, and pensions, and/or determine the laws that govern their labor contracts. … Continue reading →

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Aren’t the Firefighters’ and Police Officers’ “Associations” really just labor unions?

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mike

by Michael D. Robbins
Director, Public Safety Project, PublicSafetyProject.org

September 27, 2010
(Updated December 7, 2010)

The El Segundo police officers and firefighters “associations” pretend they are not unions because most people know how corrupt the public safety unions have become. These “associations” avoid using the word “union” in their name and their publicity. And at least some of their members argue vociferously that they are not a labor union. Below is one such example, in a Letter to the Editor published in the September 23, 2010 edition of the El Segundo Herald newspaper, on page 12, signed by El Segundo Police Sergeant and union member Rex Fowler. Too bad he did not sign under penalty of perjury! He deceptively titled his letter, “FACT CHECK”. … Continue reading →

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