Kos and others have documented quite well the Republican wolf in Dem clothing, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. His anti-union policies are now quite personal to me, as they have officially affected our household.
From Rick Karlin at the Albany Times Union
In a move that has sent shock waves through the state's unionized workforce, the Cuomo administration on Monday sent notices to about 1,000 members of the Public Employees Federation telling them the state is seeking to reclassify the recipients as non-union workers.
The notices went to people in more than three dozen state agencies, including the departments of Environmental Conservation, Labor, Health, Housing and Motor Vehicles, the Office of General Services, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and more.
They are attempting, quite successfully, to reclassify many New York State PEF (Public Employees Federation) union jobs - with titles such as attorney, auditor, hearing officer, and many others - to "management/confidential". This is the first step to breaking the union. Affected employees were handed notices to this effect, with no warning, and were "asked" to sign them on the spot.
Many feel that the move is in retaliation for legal disputes with Cuomo, and especially because the PEF union supported Cuomo's opponent in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the last election.
His next moves will surely be to replace those state workers with private contract employees.
This asshole is a Democrat?
This was done the week before Christmas.