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Scranton, Pa., slashes workers' pay to minimum wage

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Rocket River, Jul 11, 2012.

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  1. Rocket River

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    http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...ranton-pa-slashes-workers-pay-to-minimum-wage

    . . . and people say Unions have outlived their usefulness

    Rocket River
     
    #1 Rocket River, Jul 11, 2012
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    Michael Scott leaves and the city turns to garbage. Coincidence? I think not.
     
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    First question as a reporter I would have: Did the mayor cut his own wages and the city councils'?
     
    #3 BigBenito, Jul 11, 2012
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  5. Hightop

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    Uh this help proves the danger of government unions, spending etc,

    Pennsylvania ...

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/shI5oOTMkMk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    It only helps to prove that 'danger' if you've already injected the Kool-Aid into your veins are are deep in the delirium of derp.
     
    #6 thadeus, Jul 11, 2012
  7. Dairy Ashford

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    Probably don't want to do this for the core personnel in the big 4: police, fire, EMT and garbage; but non-management city staff may need to bite this kind of bullet in the future.
     
    #7 Dairy Ashford, Jul 11, 2012
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    Silly unions, fighting for workers and stuff. Too bad we can't just pay everyone minimum wage and take away all their benefits.
     
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    Way to go mayor. Let's see what happens when the garbagemen quit and the trash starts piling up.
     
    #9 Baqui99, Jul 11, 2012
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    I know I wouldn't be showing up for work if they did that to me.
     
    #10 JuanValdez, Jul 11, 2012
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    I can’t see how this is legal, especially with the union contracts (and I’m anti-union). I understand that this guy is between a rock and a hard place. You can’t raise taxes enough to support the infrastructure in that town at this time (I think he’d have to raise it 78% or some crazy number). You’re about to start bouncing payroll checks. However, plans and communication should have come in long before now and last on that list should be cut everyone’s pay to min wage. There is no pretty solution, but I think massive layoffs should have been done. Cutting down the city labor force in half might not be pretty especially when it comes to a police force in a town that probably needs more, not less but I think that is your only decent, legal option.
     
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    Come on , Hightop, why not rant about the evils of "statism" i.e., the minimum wage laws requiring the police to be paid minimum wage.
     
    #13 glynch, Jul 11, 2012
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    Well, I guess they could always turn Scranton into a live action zombie theme park.
     
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    Soon we will have 100% privatized cities. no more civil servants, say hello to contractors!!!

    on a personal level this is actually very good for me.
     
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    The answer is yes.
     
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