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Government Office, Government Pay...Union Duties?

If Congress and President Obama want to find a way to pay for sequestration, how about doing something about the 3.4 million hours public servants spent doing union work on the taxpayers' dime?

February 28, 2013 RSS Feed Print

According to the Civil Service Reform Act, official time is a crucial cog in the machine of collective bargaining, which, officials claim, safeguards the public interest. If this is so, why keep it secret?

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