Guess who ELSE is trying to reduce pay for public workers? (As CA is now...)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aK46BgM_sLVw

Brown Proposes Pay Curbs for 750,000 Government Jobs (Update1)

"ct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government proposed the biggest pay curbs in three decades for 750,000 workers employed by the state, aiming to prove to voters and investors he can contain Britain’s record budget deficit.

The Treasury is recommending pay for judges, family doctors and senior health service administrators should remain unchanged next year while prison officers, hospital doctors and civil servants get increases of no more than 1 percent.

“We have to make tough but realistic decisions on pay,” Liam Byrne, chief secretary to the Treasury said in a statement in London today. “That means leadership from senior groups and realistic increases for other workforces.”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s office released the decision on the eve of a speech by George Osborne, the Conservative lawmaker who speaks on the opposition party’s finance policy.

“It is surprising that the Labour chancellor chose to make this announcement, which affects hundreds of thousands of people, in the middle of a Conservative Party conference,” a spokesman for the opposition said in an e-mailed statement. “People will question his motives.”"



Remember I told you that California was going after public employee unions to ultimately reduce public salaries? (To slash the budget, slash public services, and allow piratization of state services like EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, PARKS. PUBLIC UTILITIES, Etc.

now their looking to Arnold?

not so much to reduce salaries as to reduce pensions. I can't imagine that the voters of CA would allow the privatization of its schools, libraries, parks or public utilities.

I love how you called it piratization. That is awesome! Much more accurate description of privatization. Which is a scam. It doesn't reduce costs or bureaucracy just shifts it to some crony who is then not held responsible.

Thanks. :hi:

with paying less in taxes. I hate this crap. We need a revolt.