(union) Proposal for Offutt AF base to deal with furloughs sparks firestorm

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130310/NEWS/703109902

By Henry J. Cordes
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

The recent email from leaders of Offutt Air Force Base's civilian employees union to its members included a proposal for how workers should deal with the furloughs hanging over their heads.

It suggested that all 2,800 of Offutt's civilian employees should take their 22 sequester-related unpaid days during the same 30-day window in September.

“By proposing this,” the email said, “it will show that without the Civilian Employees, the Base will be crippled.”

The suggestion that the union would do anything to keep the Bellevue-area base from performing its missions sparked a firestorm last week, angering some members of the local, raising the eyebrows of a congressman and sparking a strong repudiation from the national union that represents the workers.

FULL story at link.

[Yavapai]

1. Maybe, all of American workers should take a furlough come next September...

You know, until the 1% can see the value of paying a living wage to everybody.

[reteachinwi]

2. +1

[ArcticFox]

3. +1

Ooo

[Sherman A1]

5. Might not be such a bad idea

for a few "blue flu" days. I would think it would be less than a week to sort things out.

[Teamster Jeff]

4. K&R

Stir the pot and rattle the cage some. I love it