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To: jlallen who wrote (194878)10/23/2001 11:17:24 AM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 769670
 
Everyone, even the union elites, concedes that the MN state employees lost more money than they gained by going on strike for 3 weeks. They demanded $140 million and the state threw them an $8 mil bone. $8 mil too much in my opinion.



To: jlallen who wrote (194878)10/23/2001 11:28:50 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
I guess the question is how inevitable are the abuses, and how do they weigh against the benefits to the membership. I am not sure how to gauge those things....