May 31, 2011
Another newspaper editor gets it wrong on CCPOA MOU
We could not help but notice that members of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, affectionately referred to as the “prison guards union,” voted 85 percent in the affirmative to ratify a new contract proposal that was approved by the state Legislature.
At first glance, nothing unusual, you might think. But it is like that old jar of mayonnaise in the refrigerator. You never really know until you crack it open for the smell test.
Some of us on The Signal Editorial Board have been active members of unions in the private sector, so we get the value unions can bring in creating more balance in the distribution of compensations in a free-market society.
And in a way, our hats go off to the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. Its members are focused in what they want and well-organized in pursuing it...
LINK - The-Signal.com
