There's also a "job-protection" clause in state law that prevents state workers from working outside the state, and also keeps other people from doing work that civil servants are supposed to, unless it's at prevailing wages.
Many years ago, an overgrown drainage ditch was contributing to flooding, and after getting the runaround, someo…
There's also a "job-protection" clause in state law that prevents state workers from working outside the state, and also keeps other people from doing work that civil servants are supposed to, unless it's at prevailing wages.
Many years ago, an overgrown drainage ditch was contributing to flooding, and after getting the runaround, someone hopped in a dozer and started clearing it themselves. Holy $#it ensued from unions, and the legislature tried to protect them, and looked so bad in the process that they pushed through a 2 year sunsetted law that allowed "volunteers" to do work, and then shut that off, protecting the unions.
There's also a "job-protection" clause in state law that prevents state workers from working outside the state, and also keeps other people from doing work that civil servants are supposed to, unless it's at prevailing wages.
Many years ago, an overgrown drainage ditch was contributing to flooding, and after getting the runaround, someone hopped in a dozer and started clearing it themselves. Holy $#it ensued from unions, and the legislature tried to protect them, and looked so bad in the process that they pushed through a 2 year sunsetted law that allowed "volunteers" to do work, and then shut that off, protecting the unions.