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Workers’ Defense
I’m so tired of the mediagenerated vilification of the working class, especially those who have organized into bargaining groups to guard their
Union Talks
Unions are making an honest effort now to be part of the solution. It’s worth having some extra meetings to take this chance at a collaborative rather than authoritarian solution. The full-time council has benefited the city over the years with more vocal local representation. It has also turned into a problem with the mini-mayor practice of deferring to individual members on development in their district. We could revisit the system. What about the unions without expired contracts? I don’t think
it’s fair for four or five bargaining units to make major concessions and let other units slide through with no take-backs or concessions. HR metrics should be undertaken to re-evaluate positions and compensation in terms of local labor market. Defined-benefit pensions are also too expensive to fully subsidize, so we either need a new system for new hires or an increase in employee contributions. A charter amendment is required for this. BLAIR WHITNEY
View to a Spill
Because of the dispersant Corexit, which is poison to aquatic life, the animals are not immediately washing ashore. The only way we
will truly know how many whales, whale sharks, dolphins, birds, turtles, etc., died is to go to the bottom. Why are there no tankers sucking up the oil? Also why is there no bioremediation? If we don’t demand an end to all this now we probably deserve to go down the toilet. MICHELLE WATERS REDWOOD ESTATES
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