In our travels, we manage to talk to a lot of people. We end up talking to city workers in different unions. More than a few of them tell us the same story.
Their business agents and leadership are contacting City Hall to set up meetings with Rahm (or Rahm's people) with ideas for saving money and preserving jobs. And guess who won't give them the time of day, refusing to meet with the unions to discuss anything?
And adding insult to injury, Rahm's people tell the media that the unions are the ones not returning his calls, that the unions are the ones not coming up with any ideas, that the unions are the unreasonable ones.
So it seems that Rahm is determined to destroy any and all public sector unions and he's using a compliant media again who publish his every word, but won't call up the unions to verify that what they're printing is anything at all like what is happening.
Their business agents and leadership are contacting City Hall to set up meetings with Rahm (or Rahm's people) with ideas for saving money and preserving jobs. And guess who won't give them the time of day, refusing to meet with the unions to discuss anything?
And adding insult to injury, Rahm's people tell the media that the unions are the ones not returning his calls, that the unions are the ones not coming up with any ideas, that the unions are the unreasonable ones.
So it seems that Rahm is determined to destroy any and all public sector unions and he's using a compliant media again who publish his every word, but won't call up the unions to verify that what they're printing is anything at all like what is happening.