Unions had a big win today!

[Riley18]

Judge ruled it is unconstitutional for the governor to take 3% of public workers' pay to use towards balancing the budget. Scott will be spending taxpayer money to appeal.

[Ziggystrange]

1. Excellent!

Scott is doing a good job of sinking himself.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Where do you think that Republicans will get the money to fill that hole in the budget?

Will they raise taxes? Or will they just eliminate the jobs of even more state workers?

[fladem2006]

3. This is very good news!

This has been coming to a head since Bob Martinez was governor. Jeb Bush tried to do it and Scott succeeded. THis is a very big win for all people covered by FRS - the Florida Retirement System. My only complaint is that too many people think FRS is just for teachers; FRS covers municipal employees, county employees, state university employees and any other person that works for the state such as the Florida Highway Patrol, correction workers, Department of Revenue, Veterans Affairs, the State Library etc. This is a big win for them too because many of these people listed above are making cooly wages as it is. Go AFSCME

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. But not good news for workers who will be laid off to pay for it

[Riley18]

5. However they chose to pay for it is not

the issue. The point is that what the governor attempted was unconstitutional.
The judge ruled on the fact that a contract is binding.