The stupid, it burns
Apr. 2nd, 2011 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meirwen_1988So, back in September our contract expired.
Back in November our new contract came up for vote (a month after our lead negotiator dropped dead in the hall at school from a heart attack).
We (the professional bargaining unit) approved it.
One week later the college's Board of Trustees approved it.
And it went to the County for final approval.
Where they sat on it.
And sat on it.
And sat on it.
They voted on it Thursday.
And rejected it.
My contempt for lawmakers has risen exponentially. I am not going to go into the minutia, because the sole lawmaker who voted to approve it says succinctly why their voting it down was so inexpressibly...ridiculous.
"Michael Clancy, D-Verona, cast the lone vote in approval of the seven-member committee who attended the Wednesday afternoon meeting.
'We trust President VanWagoner to overlook operations at the college, and we trust the board to negotiate on the college’s behalf,' he said.'I couldn’t vote against a contract that was negotiated on good faith by both parties that had zero impact on what we already budget for the college.'"
Yes, that's right--he said, accurately, "had zero impact on what we already budget for the college."
Because of give-backs, the raise was revenue neutral. A good contract, where no one was pissed off, that was affordable, gave the college some things it needs from us, gives us what we need, while trimming some niceties. But because the raises in the contract would "set a precedent" for other bargaining units in the county, they voted it down.
How about talking about how it sets a precedent for cooperation, mutual respect, and shared vision?
Kitty is FURIOUS.
Back in November our new contract came up for vote (a month after our lead negotiator dropped dead in the hall at school from a heart attack).
We (the professional bargaining unit) approved it.
One week later the college's Board of Trustees approved it.
And it went to the County for final approval.
Where they sat on it.
And sat on it.
And sat on it.
They voted on it Thursday.
And rejected it.
My contempt for lawmakers has risen exponentially. I am not going to go into the minutia, because the sole lawmaker who voted to approve it says succinctly why their voting it down was so inexpressibly...ridiculous.
"Michael Clancy, D-Verona, cast the lone vote in approval of the seven-member committee who attended the Wednesday afternoon meeting.
'We trust President VanWagoner to overlook operations at the college, and we trust the board to negotiate on the college’s behalf,' he said.'I couldn’t vote against a contract that was negotiated on good faith by both parties that had zero impact on what we already budget for the college.'"
Yes, that's right--he said, accurately, "had zero impact on what we already budget for the college."
Because of give-backs, the raise was revenue neutral. A good contract, where no one was pissed off, that was affordable, gave the college some things it needs from us, gives us what we need, while trimming some niceties. But because the raises in the contract would "set a precedent" for other bargaining units in the county, they voted it down.
How about talking about how it sets a precedent for cooperation, mutual respect, and shared vision?
Kitty is FURIOUS.
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Date: 2011-04-02 01:03 pm (UTC)