Ha! I like that. Wouldn't work in the States - we constantly struggle to remind our government that *they* work for *us*. As such, they are dutiful in their efforts to get everything they can out of their "employers". But the notion brings some interesting confusion to the private and public sector unions as they relate to government and tax payers... do they work for us or do we work for them? I guess if you have a government job, you technically work for everyone (public servant) while simultaneously, every private citizen works for you (unions tell gov't what they will accept in pay). This fine arrangement can certainly persist ad infinitum.
Ha! I like that. Wouldn't work in the States - we constantly struggle to remind our government that *they* work for *us*. As such, they are dutiful in their efforts to get everything they can out of their "employers". But the notion brings some interesting confusion to the private and public sector unions as they relate to government and tax payers... do they work for us or do we work for them? I guess if you have a government job, you technically work for everyone (public servant) while simultaneously, every private citizen works for you (unions tell gov't what they will accept in pay). This fine arrangement can certainly persist ad infinitum.