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**Greapyjeory** · 02-17-2011, 01:21 PM

"It would end collective bargaining for state, county and local workers, except for police, firefighters and the state patrol."

There's no other way to interpret that combined with the fact that only a public referendum could allow them to have raises. Would it be on every ballot or just special ballots? Would it be voted on every year or whenever politicians feel like it?

You can't discriminate against one group and let all the others be allowed to operate under existing laws like this, it's completely ludicrous. The state senate can pass it and the Governor can sign off on it, but it'll never stand up in the courts.

I'm not so sure of that. Again, the rules are different with government. A law that treats one industry a certain way vs. all other industries probably wouldn't hold up in court, but when it comes to regulating organs of government, there's a general understanding that the government has more flexibility in doing what it pleases.

Some government employees have always been more regulated than others. Some enjoy far more benefits than others. Again, if the legislature was more consistent in its application of these regulations, they would seem less petty about it, but as far as I can tell, there's nothing illegal about this.

02-17-2011, 01:21 PM	#26
Greapyjeory Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	"It would end collective bargaining for state, county and local workers, except for police, firefighters and the state patrol." There's no other way to interpret that combined with the fact that only a public referendum could allow them to have raises. Would it be on every ballot or just special ballots? Would it be voted on every year or whenever politicians feel like it? You can't discriminate against one group and let all the others be allowed to operate under existing laws like this, it's completely ludicrous. The state senate can pass it and the Governor can sign off on it, but it'll never stand up in the courts. I'm not so sure of that. Again, the rules are different with government. A law that treats one industry a certain way vs. all other industries probably wouldn't hold up in court, but when it comes to regulating organs of government, there's a general understanding that the government has more flexibility in doing what it pleases. Some government employees have always been more regulated than others. Some enjoy far more benefits than others. Again, if the legislature was more consistent in its application of these regulations, they would seem less petty about it, but as far as I can tell, there's nothing illegal about this.
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