Speaking from experience, that man was speaking his mind to be heard by his former co-workers more than he was to be heard by the cretins at city hall. His brothers are the ones that let him (and others) down. Government employee unions exist for the sole purpose of giving the illusion of some bit of self-determination in employment while what they really are is just a control mechanism of dem leadership to cut lucrative deals with union bosses in return for their financial support at the expense of their members in the form of "dues" and suppressed wages.
95% of the other firemen and other city workers like cops/garbage men don't care, as long as they get their paycheck and add to their pensions, they don't care. I live in NYC and have family members in all of those unions and that's all the city workers care about. They will actually tell you that also.
Whew! He told it like it is. We need a lot more people like him to stand up and speak their mind. God bless him.
Speaking from experience, that man was speaking his mind to be heard by his former co-workers more than he was to be heard by the cretins at city hall. His brothers are the ones that let him (and others) down. Government employee unions exist for the sole purpose of giving the illusion of some bit of self-determination in employment while what they really are is just a control mechanism of dem leadership to cut lucrative deals with union bosses in return for their financial support at the expense of their members in the form of "dues" and suppressed wages.
95% of the other firemen and other city workers like cops/garbage men don't care, as long as they get their paycheck and add to their pensions, they don't care. I live in NYC and have family members in all of those unions and that's all the city workers care about. They will actually tell you that also.
I know all that - that was my point. Fire service pushes "the brotherhood" but it's every man for themselves when their pension gets threatened.