Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, June 16, 2011

New Jersey Union Workers Protest Cuts To Benefits, Collective Bargaining Rights

TRENTON, N.J. -- Hundreds are rallying at the state capital to protest legislation being considered that calls for New Jersey government employees to pay more for health care and contribute more to their pensions outside of collective bargaining.

Union workers and supporters are gathering in Trenton, and busloads more are backed up along a highway heading to the Statehouse.

Two large television screens flashed pictures of union workers holding signs that read in bloody red letters: pension betrayal. Nearby, stood a 10-foot inflatable rat.

Jersey City police officer Mark Razzoli on Thursday called Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver "a sellout" for agreeing to the deal, which he says was nothing short of union busting.

Razzoli, who says he worked at ground zero on 9/11, called the deal disgraceful to those first-responders and blamed politicians for raiding pension funds in flush years.

Full Article
Source: Huffington 

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