Comments on: Fremont unions respond to unpaid leave demand

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:56:13 +0000

Bill is right. The noise over unpaid leaves are the negotiating equivalent of cannon fodder.

The unpaid leave is a current cashflow consideration and which, by comparisons to the future obligations Bill mentions – is peanuts -

Wanna have some fun? Someone get out a calculator and let’s P.V. those accruals for future pensions and healthcare bene’s expected to be paid out and see what our current balance sheet looks like.

Management doesnt give a hoot cuz – by the time this little time bomb goes off, they’ll have moved on to some other political responsibilty and can claim ignorance of any problems they “inherited” or, better yet, with a bit-o luck – might be riding their own retirement gravy train.

By: Fremont_Bill

Fremont_Bill — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:20:17 +0000

Forget the unpaid leave, go after the exorbitant Pensions and Health Care for life.

By: skumar

skumar — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:17:54 +0000

This is just a token jesture to make it seem that they are sharing the pain with the taxpayers who pay their salaries.

By: Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:44:23 +0000

I believe the State of California has been giving state employees 24 hours per month or 288 hours per year of unpaid leave.
The City of Fremont unions and employees should consider themselves lucky, keep their mouths shut, and take their 48 hours per year of unpaid leave. Nobody will miss them.