(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Department of Management today released the following costs associated with the collective bargaining proposal put forth by the State Police Officers Council (SPOC). If the SPOC proposal were extended to all state employees, the costs from all funding sources would be as follows:
Overall:
Year 1 (FY’14): $156,974,189 million increase
Year 2 (FY ’15): $159,247,448 million increase
Across-the-Board salary increases:
Year 1 (FY’14): $68,872,823 million increase
Year 2 (FY ’15): $72,119,828 million increase
Step salary increases (4.5% average salary increase):
Year 1 (FY’14): $47,630,162 million increase
Year 2 (FY ’15): $45,340,401 million increase
Benefits (Health care, retirement, etc.)
Year 1 (FY’14): $39,471,204 million increase
Year 2 (FY ’15): $41,787,219 million increase
This is the union way. They always ask for more than they think they will get so they have something to bargain with. It is the reason many union businesses are shutting down. They just can’t afford them anymore. It used to be anyone organized by the AFL/CIO would only be in business for about 9 years unless they are the auto workers and then the taxpayers will bail them out.
THIS IS SHAMEFUL – When the private sector ( yes the people that actually pay your wages) are going down along with their quality of living. Phooey !
Looks like the private sector wages will go down about the same amount – these people must think money grows on trees and is shameful of them to demand increases while the prive sector ( yes the people that actually pay these wages are going down along with their quality of living.