Quote Originally Posted by corktownyuppie View Post
...By the way, when was the last time that a union went to war with management, took it all the way to a strike, and eventually got their demands met?
Not sure what you mean by 'get their demands met'. Its rare that labor negotiations are ugly. It really rare that it gets to a strike. But when it does, there is usually a settlement.

That settlement is usually not what either side wanted. Seldom does anyone 'get the demands met'.

And that's as it should be. I don't believe in municipal unions, but there are negotiations between workers and the officials they paid to elect. They agree. And 99% or more of the time we just get higher-than-average wage increases. And that's OK.

But work rules and job descriptions don't change. That's the real rub.

Here, AFSCME see that there's no choice. Give them credit for being reasonable for the first time.