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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Again, what problem are they trying to solve? What unfair labor practices have these data centers been accused of?
A union can use a labor peace agreement as leverage to obtain card check.
Card check is a way to avoid a single secret ballot election date for the purpose of organizing an union local at an employer.
http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/documents/files/labor_peace_agreements_2013_09_12.pdf
And if they don’t want to use union labor so be it, if not go to another state like most businesses are doing already Illinois is a shit hole for businesses to try and thrive