Gee: City Unions Didn’t Realize How Good They Had It

Marcus Gee at the Globe bets the union that represents city employees is regretting pushing Mayor David Miller to a strike last summer: 

“[T]he two leading candidates to replace him are talking openly and aggressively about contracting out some city services delivered by union members.

It’s a radically different political landscape from the one the unions faced only half a year ago, and they have only themselves to blame. Mr. Miller was the best friend they have had in City Hall in years, a supporter of the union movement who believes that public services should be delivered by public servants.”

Read the rest of his column here

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