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- From: lmh@world.std.com (Larry M Headlund)
- Subject: Re: Ignorance - Was Re: VOTE, BABY, VOTE!
- Message-ID: <Bxu133.I66@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <Bxo9z3.Kzx@world.std.com> <1e8egbINNb3g@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:25:50 GMT
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- In article <1e8egbINNb3g@transfer.stratus.com> jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
- >In article <Bxo9z3.Kzx@world.std.com> lmh@world.std.com (Larry M
- >Headlund) writes:
- >> Also, I notice you state that a public servant, for which I
- >read public employee, should be willing to accept less of a pay
- >increase than the norm. Why?
- >
- >Well, certainly the benefits are better in the public sector,
- >at least in terms of days off.
- (deleted)
- The more days off would be reflected in the base pay, hence should
- be irrelevant to an increase. This better benefits, better security angle
- is one of the reasons public jobs have historically had a lower pay scale
- than equivalent private sector jobs, when there is an equivalent
- private sector job.
-
- >(public service) unions tend to use emotional, misleading arguments to make
- >sure they get all possible holidays off:
- (deleted)
-
- I think the reason is that it's easier to negotiate a day off from
- the goverment than a pay increase. After all, if the RMV is closed for
- an extra day per year, it doesn't impact their gross revenue.
- --
- Larry Headlund lmh@world.std.com Eikonal Systems (617) 482-3345
-