The case to get rid of public employee unions.

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First and foremost, public employee unions, unlike private sector unions, have no right to exist.

Second, the people in these unions knew full well what they were going to make when they signed up.

Third, we're in a horrific recession and the public employee unions typically don't care.

Fourth, the public employee unions typically bankroll the democrats they're "negotiating" with for pay and benefits, resulting in an automatic conflict of interest that would disqualify them in the private sector.

Fifth, the scum in these unions (And no, not all p.e.u. rank and file are scum; but they enable the scum running their unions to act like the ingrates in Wisconsin, breaking whatever law that suited them, and now having police unions threaten businesses which don't join with them in opposing Gov. Walker's outstanding effort to bring these clowns to heal) don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.

Sixth, any public sector union even threatening to strike should be decertified and eliminated.

There are more reasons, of course... many more. And many more steps that should be taken to bring unions working in or for government to their proper place... like eliminating the union requirement for contractors and getting rid of project work agreements that jack up the costs 30% or so... but not the end products.

What brought this particular rant on was this:

Wisconsin East: Michigan Teachers Union Preps for Statewide Strike

by Kyle Olson

This week the Michigan Education Association encouraged its local affiliates to consider whether the union should have the power to consider “job actions” – code words for a sick-out, strike, or other childish antics – to get its way in Lansing.

While MEA President Iris Salters and her hefty six-figure salary wouldn’t suffer if teachers chose not show up for class, the union’s proposed “job actions” would put Michigan teachers at risk of losing their jobs if school districts made the appropriate decision to terminate those who refuse to come to work.

Does Salters view the state’s hard-working teachers as mere pawns in the union’s power game?

There is no doubt that Michigan is in a perilous situation, and if a good education is key to fixing the state’s problems – as the MEA claims - it would make much more sense to put the needs of students first, and avoid the foolish games.

On the other hand, a strike in some the state’s worst districts could finally provide the motivation for parents pull their kids from failing schools, and enroll them in schools that put their needs ahead of the MEA’s special interests.

The MEA’s agenda of unrestricted collective bargaining, iron-clad tenure protections and strict “last in-first out” seniority policies is as outdated as powdered wigs. But one question remains: how hard will the MEA push – and what kinds of radical “job actions” will it resort to – in order to protect its power, influence and, of course, its prized cash cow – MESSA.

This idea of a statewide strike as an opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff. Parents and taxpayers could learn a lot – including which teachers are truly committed to educating, preparing and inspiring the state’s students. That’s because those who are more interested in looking out for themselves will be found marching on the steps of the Capitol in solidarity with Ms. Salters.

Salters and her union leadership should be imprisoned for extortion. Five years with no probation ought to do it.

But at a minimum, the teacher's union should be decertified.

In the past, these antics have resulted in the children getting hurt, parents getting hurt and communities getting hurt, but it's the rare opportunity to hurt those who would hurt us.

Lock the union leaders up if they call for a strike.

Lock the teachers up who fail to show up.

Send the message that we've had enough, and now it's THEIR turn to pay.

Cut their wages and benefits across the board if they dare strike. And if they strike, the longer they strike, the more we should cut.

This is not particularly difficult if we just remember: Public employee unions exist only as a result of the forbearance of the people.

And we have had enough.
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