Harry Reid’s Push To Nationalize ALL Cop/Firemen Unions

[formerlurker]

Reid's Push To Nationalize Police Unions
By WARNER TODD HUSTON
Posted 06/15/2010 05:57 PM ET
In an effort to please union backers ahead of the 2010 midterm elections, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is quietly trying to nationalize rules governing every police, fire and first responder union in the nation.

Through the benignly named Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (H.R.413), Reid wants all first responders represented by collective bargaining rules emanating from Washington D.C. Naturally this legislation is being pushed as a matter of "national security."

Democrats' union supporters will greatly benefit from nationalized rules for police and fire unions. This plan would replace with federal rules state laws on collective bargaining between state and local governments and their first responder unions and would greatly empower unions to dictate pay scales and benefits on a national level.

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Link to bill:

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h413/show

[NHSparky]

And effectively KILL volunteer fire departments, which many smaller communities live or die (literally) on.

[miskie]

And effectively KILL volunteer fire departments, which many smaller communities live or die (literally) on.

Thats just a side effect - Sometimes, police and fire unions vote incorrectly and endorse the wrong candidates.

When the wrong candidates are endorsed by local folks who are often considered heroes by the citizens they serve, citizens may feel that it really is okay to vote incorrectly, based on these incorrect endorsements.

Centralizing their unions will serve to iron out these problems.