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> The government could be made hugely more efficient through the use of technology. However, the civil service simply doesn't pay enough to attract the talent i
by koolba 2y ago
> The government could be made hugely more efficient through the use of technology. However, the civil service simply doesn't pay enough to attract the talent it needs.
They should start by disbanding all government employee unions for GSA workers and eliminating all seniority based promotion criteria.
- azemetre 2y agoYes because if it’s one thing workers like is removing their bargaining power and relying solely on how future administrations feel about your job.
- whimsicalism 2y agounions should not be able to negotiate against the collective will of the people and seniority based leveling has been a disaster for the government in the US, at least.
- pjc50 2y agoYou cannot ultimately chain people to their desks. What you either get is a "soft" withdrawal of labour (people refuse to take the job if they have any other choice available, as we're discussing upthread, so you get dregs), or the whole thing explodes into "illegal" strikes. Which are harder to resolve, because you made sure there's no one organisation to negotiate with.
- whimsicalism 2y agothe US has at-will employment, save it with the hyperbole. There are plenty of non-unionized jobs people would love to have. Collective bargaining against private actors is fine. There should be no collective bargaining against the democratic will of the people, any more than some random group of federal workers has veto power over law passed bu congress. It is simply not how democracy works.
- Symbiote 2y ago> There should be no collective bargaining against the democratic will of the people Presumably this also rules out any company or non-profit from negotiating a contract with the government, or suing the state.
- azemetre 2y agoNo you see only capital is allowed to bargain with the government, labor is not allowed to for "reasons" that somehow always seem to benefit capital at their expense.
- whimsicalism 2y agoworkers are allowed to bargain against the government, as in “i will not take the job at the pay you are offering.” both private companies and workers should not be allowed to band together to deny the government all contracts until they get the one they want.
- bumby 2y agoYour stance seems to be at odds with the freedom of association protected by the US Constitution.
- azemetre 2y agoIt's way easier to understand when they just want to attack labor and absolve capital, it really is that simple for 99% of the discourse you read online.
- whimsicalism 2y agoThe protections offered to unions goes far beyond standard freedom of association. Generally I think that is okay, but not in the case of public unions.
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- 4ndrewl 2y agoYes they should. There are multiple wills of multiple peoples.
- pjc50 2y agoNothing says freedom like banning the right to strike. Which might work in the short term, but makes the strikes much, much more vicious when they do come.