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| El Segundo, CA |
From El Segundo to LA Harbor, Big Labor is taking bigger
steps to keep power throughout the South Bay. Strangely, Big Labor does not
want to play by the very rules which it pressed for, including the widespread
push to force the minimum wage to $15 an hour. South Bay cities should welcome LA
businesses now fleeing the higher costs and heavier regulations weighing on
them. City councilmembers in Torrance have told me that their city will be
bracing for more businesses to establish themselves in the Balanced City, as El
Segundo has already enjoyed.
steps to keep power throughout the South Bay. Strangely, Big Labor does not
want to play by the very rules which it pressed for, including the widespread
push to force the minimum wage to $15 an hour. South Bay cities should welcome LA
businesses now fleeing the higher costs and heavier regulations weighing on
them. City councilmembers in Torrance have told me that their city will be
bracing for more businesses to establish themselves in the Balanced City, as El
Segundo has already enjoyed.
Private-sector unions are losing their grip on key
industries, which have offered better wages and benefits to employees who do
not organize. The public sector unions still pose a greater threat, as readers
have seen in El Segundo, where peace officers associations are demanding that the
city council pay over the city’s surplus to the employees.
industries, which have offered better wages and benefits to employees who do
not organize. The public sector unions still pose a greater threat, as readers
have seen in El Segundo, where peace officers associations are demanding that the
city council pay over the city’s surplus to the employees.
One statement from the local press was particularly galling:
“The . . .unions shelled out millions to keep the city afloat.” Excuse me? The
money was never theirs to begin with, but belonged to the taxpayers. Still, this
hegemony of forced membership and dues may be coming to an end, not just because
of local activists pushing necessary reforms, like COIN ordinances, but also
from local leaders like El Segundo Mayor Suzanne Fuentes, who are telling labor
unions that they cannot keep taking in more money for pensions and benefits
from hard-working yet heavily stressed taxpayers, homeowners, and small
businesses.
“The . . .unions shelled out millions to keep the city afloat.” Excuse me? The
money was never theirs to begin with, but belonged to the taxpayers. Still, this
hegemony of forced membership and dues may be coming to an end, not just because
of local activists pushing necessary reforms, like COIN ordinances, but also
from local leaders like El Segundo Mayor Suzanne Fuentes, who are telling labor
unions that they cannot keep taking in more money for pensions and benefits
from hard-working yet heavily stressed taxpayers, homeowners, and small
businesses.