NAGE Furloughs on the way

Expect to see Pres Holway soon preforming, in his role as the Judas Goat of State Public employee unions.

How long can it be before NAGE cooperates with the Governor to snooker you sheeple into throwing your contract out the window, and submitting to payless furloughs, and to give up your stinkin 1% (which in case you haven't figured out, you are not getting anyway) and accept yet another year of no pay increase (while health premiums and co-pays go up, up, up, and coverage goes down, down, down.)

Mike Grunko, Pres of Local 509 seems to see the writing on the wall.....NAGE has this post on their web page:

It has come to our attention that SEIU Local 509 President Mike Grunko has sent an email stating that NAGE has accepted an 8-day furlough program for NAGE-represented state employees. Unfortunately, Mr. Grunko has created much unnecessary anxiety, fear, and anger with this falsehood.....apparently the only falsehood was in saying that they were state employees... they work at the Trial Courts.....close enough if you ask me..... you'll soon be getting the same recommendation from NAGE

NAGE will soon be telling you that they (once again!) will be recommending another round of concessions.... they'll be using the same old scare tactics (otherwise you may face lay-offs.)..... bunk....

I've got some unpleasant news for you: the layoffs are going to happen regardless as to whether you give up your 1% (really 1/2%) raise or not, and regardless of whether you willingly accept pay-cuts in the form of furloughs.

The Governor has higher priorities..... no cuts in local aid (by the way Municipal Unions aren't taking furloughs, or cuts to their health care, and they're not settling for zero pay raises, are they?), $50 million to pay for health care for non-citizen aliens (largely financed by cuts to State employee health benefits already.)Not mention that layoffs will be more politically beneficial than furloughs. What the administration is proposing is furloughs with no specific promises as to how many(and just as importantly, exactly whose) jobs are going to be "saved."

Ask the registry of motor vehicle clerks who are being mowed down like wheat, what NAGE has done for them.... How's NAGE working out for you?